lunar_solstice@lemmy.ml to Ireland@lemmy.ml • 26 days agoEmma Groves, a Catholic mother of 11, was blinded in her own home in Belfast by a British soldier on this day in 1971external-linkmessage-square1 fedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18external-linkEmma Groves, a Catholic mother of 11, was blinded in her own home in Belfast by a British soldier on this day in 1971lunar_solstice@lemmy.ml to Ireland@lemmy.ml • 26 days agomessage-square1 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareoctopus_ink@lemmy.mlhexbear3·26 days agoYeah these sorts of munitions should be banned for use against civilians. There were incidents in the US during 2020 also (and I'm sure others that I just haven't heard of). https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/nx-s1-5015030/linda-tirado-journalist-shot-police-2020-george-floyd-protests-hospice-care linkfedilink
Yeah these sorts of munitions should be banned for use against civilians. There were incidents in the US during 2020 also (and I'm sure others that I just haven't heard of).
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/nx-s1-5015030/linda-tirado-journalist-shot-police-2020-george-floyd-protests-hospice-care