DAVID
AS REPORTS OF PROTEST CONTINUE
ACROSS THE NATION ... YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD THE TERM OF
POLICE USING "LESS LETHAL"
WEAPONS TO KEEP ORDER .. AND
DISPERCE PROTESTORS.
BUT WHAT ARE THOSE WEAPONS ..
AND HOW HARMLESS ARE THEY
REALLY?
THE WEAPONS AVAILABLE TO POLICE
IF A CROWD GETS OUT OF CONTROL
... ARE DESIGNED TO BE
LESS-LETHAL ... THINGS LIKE BEAN
BAG ROUNDS AND FOAM-TIPPED
PROJECTILES.
HOWEVER .. OF THE NEARLY
2-THOUSAND PEOPLE DOCUMENTED TO
HAVE BEEN INJURED BY
LESS LETHAL ROUNDS SINCE 1990 --
300 SUFFERED PERMANENT
DISABILITY- AND 53 HAVE DIED
LINDA TIRADO IS A FREELANCE
JOURNALIST SENT TO COVER THE
GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS
IN MINNEAPOLIS ... SHE SAYS SHE
WAS SHOT WITH ONE OF THOSE
"LESS-LETHAL" WEAPONS.
Linda Tirado, freelance
journalist
"I think that not shooting
people in the face for
exercising the first
thing we fixed about the
Constitution should just be
standard operating procedure."
DAVID
TRAVIS NORTON IS AN INSTRUCTOR
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
OF TACTICAL OFFICERS ..
WHO SPECIALIZES IN LESS-LETHAL
WEAPONS -
HE SAYS THAT RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
HAVE TO BE SET - BECAUSE THE
RISK OF INJURIES IS ALMOST
INEVITABLE.
NORTON SAYS THAT UNLIKE LIVE
AMMUNITION - LESS -LETHAL
PROJECTILES ARE UNPREDICTABLE.
Travis Norton | instructor,
California Association of
Tactical Officers
"Law enforcement is screaming
for something better for us to
use than what's out there.
DAVID
BUT UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES
ALONG NORTON SAYS - LESS LETHALS
WILL LIKELY
REMAIN A CROWD CONTROL OPTION
FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
NAME:
COMING UP---
A RECAP OF YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
