Posted on 06/10/2025 6:24:52 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Harrowing footage captured the moment California police shot a New York Post photographer in the head with a rubber bullet during Los Angeles’ violent protest Sunday evening.
Toby Canham, who was on assignment for The Post and standing just off the 101 Freeway at an elevated level, was filming video of the chaos between cops and rioters when a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer suddenly turned his weapon toward him and fired from about 100 yards away.
Canham, 59, who was wearing his press pass, was struck in the forehead and quickly fell to the ground, according to the disturbing footage he captured.
“F–k, f–k, I just got shot in the head!” the dad of two can be heard screaming from behind the camera.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Next time wearing some head gear and eye protection dummy
Rubber bulletS are 100% ‘dei’.
LOL... It goes without saying... Reporters who go to war zones without the proper equipment may be injured.
Shouldn’t with the WRONG SIDE
A lot of photojournalists down there hunting that Pulitzer-winning Kent Stae shot. Not surprising one of them got beaned.
And, a 100 yard shot with a “non lethal” round.....he could have been smacked in the sack.
Are press passes visible from 100 yards away?
Do these idiot reporters think they can stand in the middle of a riot and not get hurt? Does the press pass act as a high-tech force field that stops bullets?
What a moron.
Lawfare incoming.
He’s lucky - it hit him in the only place it would do no harm.
He could have had an eye put out, or got smacked in the junk.
If you’re going to hang around where a riot is happening, bad things can happen. No sympathy.
But but he is a ‘dad of two’ !
THIS!!!
The tiniest violin in the world plays for you, idiot!
What does this add to article?
I’ve seen this kind of thing before and sometimes it turns out a whole lot worse than this.
And yeah, for some strange reason media types think they are somehow outside of what’s going on even if they’re standing right in the middle of it.
A 100 yard shot and hit was luck or unlucky depending on the side your on.
It was nice of the cops to nail him in an inert place.
Don’t forget the shrapnel injuries too !
“ Before he was hit with the rubber bullet, a flashbang initially exploded a few feet from him, causing shrapnel to kick up and leave two holes in his pants.”
Purple heart?
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