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I’d argue this isn’t internal US news considering an international reporter was shot. TWO international reporters shot in a single day.
Also…
“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER.”
Less than lethal is the accurate term. A rubber bullet or sandbag can definitely kill you
It’s not even less than lethal, because they’re still lethal. They’re “less lethal”, meaning they’re not designed to kill you when used correctly, but are still fully capable of doing so. “Less than lethal” implies that they’re not capable of killing, the same way any positive number is greater than 0; The positive number will never be equal to zero, because it is greater than zero.
That is a good point. I have especially hated the term non lethal because of exactly what you said. Shame news outlets still use that term
It is not, less lethal is the proper term.