Zip ties, tear gas, tasers, rubber bullets—how brutal police use of force affects the human body
Labeling these tactics as non-lethal, then, is not only inaccurate but also misleading. They are not, however, as innocuous as their (intentionally innocuous-sounding) name implies. If youve been riveted by social media lately, youve likely encountered more than onegraphic postdepictinga rubber bullet injury. [Rubber bulletts] can cause severe injury: fractures, internal trauma, death, says Dr. McDonald. Just how severely injured you may be by a rubber bullet depends on where you get hit....