He continued: “Honestly, I question their use in situations that are against unarmed people.”Rubber bullets, one of the most common crowd-control munitions, are more than four times the diameter of typical bullets and weigh more than five times as much. Since they are cylinder-shaped, without the pointy tips of regular bullets, they are not designed to penetrate the body. Injuries from them can run from mild bruising to bone fractures and damage to important blood vessels or nerves, doctors said. “Just like a real bullet, from a medical perspective a rubber bullet is what we describe as a missile,” Dr. Wittman said. They work by disorienting people with a loud noise or a brilliant flash of light.

Source: New York Times June 12, 2020 17:18 UTC