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USA: police kills 22-year old girl with "non-lethal" weapon

category international | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday October 28, 2004 08:15author by zapatist Report this post to the editors

- police brutality -

60.000 to 80.000 people celebrated the victory of the "Red Sox" in Boston. However, police went crazy and shot a 22-year old girl with a "non"-lethal weapon in the eye. She died.
There was no specific action she did, there were no "riots" around her, nothing. She was just celebrating and chanting with others.

Meantime police is trained to see the enemy in us, the people: this is what we learn from this murder.

Here are some reports and links:

The young woman who was killed:

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3099254

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/22/fan.death/index.html

http://www.dailycollegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/25/417c809fa469c

The CNN website says video shows the crowd was not violent or riotous:

"However, video from the scene where Snelgrove was struck showed the crowd in a joyous mood, slapping high fives and chanting celebratory Red Sox slogans. There were no signs of near-riotous conditions in that immediate vicinity although the area was crowded, and dozens of people near her stopped celebrating when they realized the severity of her injury and they tried to get help. Snelgrove was sprawled out on the ground, with blood running down her face."

The weapon used is made by one of the world's most profitable international arms dealers, arming the worlds' and America's police forces (and citizens) like small armies.

These are some sites specifically related to this gun. These guns and many more dangerous 'less lethal' weapons are also used in Portland, and were used on defenseless citizens on August 22, 2002 when George Bush visited downtown Portland and on other occasions.

http://www.pol-tec.de/fn303.htm

http://www.fnmfg.com/products/fn303ltl/fn303.htm

http://www.policeone.com/police-products/less-lethal/press-releases/78898/

From the seller's website: "The ingenuity of the FN 303 concept lies in the ammunition. The .68 caliber, 8.5 gram weight projectiles utilize a fin stabilized polystyrene body and non-toxic bismuth forward payload to provide more accurate and greater effective range than any other less lethal weapon. The projectiles have been specially designed to break-up on impact, thereby eliminating any risk of penetration injury. The primary effect of the projectile is trauma, which directly neutralize the aggressor. Secondary effects from the projectiles can be delivered via a chemical payload depending on mission specific requirements."

From the seller's website: "For safety reasons, never aim towards face, throat or neck."

A picture of the woman, mortally wounded on the sidewalk, shown on the site of Alex Jones.

http://www.infowars.com/print/ps/redsox_death.htm

author by k.t.publication date Thu Oct 28, 2004 08:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

police in switzerland uses the same type of "non-lethal" weapon. many were hurt in switzerland, too. e.g. a woman, speaker of a union, was shot in the face. her face is now paralised, bones are broken.

pics of her:
http://www.ssi-media.com/pigbrother/Report2003.htm#3cornavin

pics and information about this "non-lethal" gun (FN 303):
http://www.ssi-media.com/pigbrother/Gummi1.htm#3d

author by GreenPartyMike - Green Party USApublication date Thu Oct 28, 2004 22:36author address author phone Report this post to the editors

An American is killed by one of these leathal weapons, there is talk of people being killed in Switzerland and yet it takes a Yank to mention the countless killed, including children, in the north, you know, 90 miles from Dublin? This is Irelands indy media, is it not?

Oh yeah, that is right, "I'm all right jack" and "I'll stand idly by" is alive and well in Ireland. Frigging shameful.

author by Anthony - Indymedia Irelandpublication date Fri Oct 29, 2004 00:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

How many times does it need to be repeated? Indymedia is what you make of it. If you feel that a certain issue should be covered, then go ahead and write an article about it. The platform has already been provided for you to publish your own news stories - in your own words. We do our best to encourage site users to write their own original news articles. Having others come along to denigrate their efforts doesn't help.

Regarding this story in particular. With the recent "less-lethal" arms conference in Dublin, the use of such non-lethal weapons has been of interest to Irish readers so the recent death of a citizen at the hands of the state is newsworthy for those of us who don't want to see similar deaths occur in our own country in the future.

Regarding "the North", there have been no such deaths in the past few days so you can't expect people to report on news that hasn't actually happened. Meanwhile, over the past month or two, there has been fair coverage on this news site of the many deaths that have occurred over the past few decades in the North from such weapons in the hands of state forces.

If you you'd like to make further contributions of an editorial nature, the editorial group would welcome your participation.

Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=66325#comment84988
author by RSpublication date Sun Oct 31, 2004 18:18author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I think it's worthwhile to point out that the weapon used in this murder, the FN 303, also has numerous brothers being used to massacre the Iraqi and Afghan people. FN Manufacturing holds the contract to build the standard US Military assault rifle, the M16A2 along with the M249 and M240 series of heavy machines guns used by tanks, not to mention the production of numerous firearms used by police forces.

 
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