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Officer fires pepper balls at reporter during Louisville, Ky., protest
https://www.wkyt.com ^ | 29 May 2020 | By Shellie Sylvestri

Posted on 05/29/2020 8:56:57 PM PDT by BackRoads775

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - A reporter for WAVE 3 News, Kaitlin Rust appears to have been hit by pepper balls, reportedly fired by a Louisville Metro Police Department officer, during a protest in the downtown area.

Rust appeared to have been hit as she reported during a live segment on WAVE 3 News during the ongoing protest.

It was previously reported that the officer was firing rubber bullets, but Jessie Halladay with LMPD says their officers do not use rubber bullets, and it was likely that Rust was hit with pepper balls.

During night two of several hundred protesters gathering downtown in wake of protests across the country following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, crowds appear to be larger and police are continuing their efforts to clear the area.

A WAVE vehicle was found vandalized downtown as the crowd


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: badcopnodonut; riots
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1 posted on 05/29/2020 8:56:57 PM PDT by BackRoads775
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To: BackRoads775

2 posted on 05/29/2020 8:59:44 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: BackRoads775

You laugh, but while LEO’s are wasting resources on girl reporters, roving bands of anarchists are smashing windows and setting off flash grenades just a couple of blocks away.

I’m sure the businesses will appreciate that cop’s priorities.


3 posted on 05/29/2020 9:01:12 PM PDT by Bratch (“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: BackRoads775

Resume enhancer


4 posted on 05/29/2020 9:01:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BackRoads775; All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QboZ41OGY


5 posted on 05/29/2020 9:03:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Bratch

Riots would fizzle out without news coverage.


6 posted on 05/29/2020 9:06:27 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Bratch

Lay down with dogs and your bound to get fleas.


7 posted on 05/29/2020 9:07:49 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Bratch

Louisville is under attack.

Where are the police??


8 posted on 05/29/2020 9:10:08 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: BackRoads775

Time for a little George Wallace, Bull Connor ‘justice’.

Give them a moment to disburse then turn on the HIGH PRESSURE fire hoses for the FIRST BARRAGE, then have the ‘troops’ coming out of the spray.

Couple of times should get the message out.

Don’t forget, Kent State stopped a lot of this Schiff back in the Nam days.

Once ‘leadership’ realizes THEY may be taken out and start hanging around the back of the pack, the pack will wonder where the leaders are.

Remember the old I would rather have a Wolf in command of an Army of Sheep rather than a Sheep in command of an Army of Wolves.

Back in the Nam days the ‘dissenters’ were joined by the likes of JF’nKerry (though he didn’t get his hands ‘dirty’). They don’t have the ‘luxury’ today of having a few of disgruntled ‘battle hardened’ Vets in the ranks.

How long will the 15 buck an hour ‘protestors’ put up with live ammo and high powered pressure hoses and longing for Mommys basement?


9 posted on 05/29/2020 9:11:32 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: Bratch
I’m sure the businesses will appreciate that cop’s priorities.

They wonder why increasing numbers of people don't like them.

10 posted on 05/29/2020 9:13:31 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: BackRoads775

Where’s that clip of the protestor who got his balls peppered?


11 posted on 05/29/2020 9:14:23 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

everyone is getting sleepy...


12 posted on 05/29/2020 9:17:07 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: BackRoads775

Cops and rioters seem to be targeting the media quite a bit.

Maybe these riots aren’t as pointless as they seem to be.


13 posted on 05/29/2020 9:17:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (If you see me wearing a mask ... don't assume I'm wearing it for Covid-19.)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

[[Louisville is under attack.

Where are the police??]]

Arresting moms and dads who are playing with their kids in parks without social distancing?


14 posted on 05/29/2020 9:20:02 PM PDT by Bob434
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I think they’re huddled around city hall.. sucking each other’s thumbs...


15 posted on 05/29/2020 9:22:34 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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“rubber bullets”....women sound so stupid doing this kinda stuff....get your ass home and take care of your family....


16 posted on 05/29/2020 9:31:30 PM PDT by basalt
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“rubber bullets"

Had she been hit with a rubber bullet she wouldn't have been able to walk and talk. She would have been on the ground screaming and sobbing in pain.

17 posted on 05/29/2020 9:47:10 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: BackRoads775

Strolling up behind the police in the middle of a civil war is not a good idea, even if the dork back at the station encourages you to go where you got to go.


18 posted on 05/29/2020 10:26:40 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Follow your Inner Trump)
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To: BackRoads775

HA HA!!!! Press whores all of them. Shoot them 1st. Dont they wanna play??


19 posted on 05/30/2020 2:01:28 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Where are the police?!

Mayor Fisher laid them off and reduced new hires because of the economic crisis.

And closed libraries
And essential services

But kept the happy lefty crap in place


20 posted on 05/30/2020 4:08:18 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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