{"id":552,"date":"2025-06-10T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:27:22","slug":"echoing-2020-police-use-rubber-bullets-against-protesters-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/echoing-2020-police-use-rubber-bullets-against-protesters-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Echoing 2020, Police Use Rubber Bullets Against Protesters in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weapons dubbed \u201cless lethal\u201d are once again being used in Los Angeles, this time against people protesting the Trump administration\u2019s immigration raids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, KFF Health News and USA Today documented the harm that rubber bullets and other \u201cless lethal\u201d projectiles can cause. Here\u2019s what we found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This slide presentation first appeared on KFF Health News\u2019 Instagram account. If you enjoyed this story from the KFF Health News social team, follow us on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kffhealthnews\/\">@kffhealthnews<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>\n\t\tRelated Investigation\t<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/rubber-bullets-protesters-police-often-violate-own-policies-crowd-control-less-lethal-weapons\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP_20151362260862.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFractured Skulls, Lost Eyes: Police Often Break Own Rules Using \u2018Rubber Bullets\u2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJun 19, 2020\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/less-lethal-weapons-blind-maim-and-kill-victims-say-enough-is-enough\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1216441601-2020.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLess-Lethal Weapons Blind, Maim and Kill. Victims Say Enough Is Enough.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJul 24, 2020\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/cities-and-states-look-to-crack-down-on-less-lethal-weapons-used-by-police\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1216401415.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCities and States Look to Crack Down on \u2018Less-Lethal\u2019 Weapons Used by Police\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSep 3, 2020\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/in-the-line-of-fire\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMore from this series\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/prior-authorization-insurer-denials-patients-run-out-of-options\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weapons dubbed \u201cless lethal\u201d are once again being used in Los Angeles, this time against&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}