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unusual facts about Rubber bullet


Aleksei Zuev

On 3 March 2007 he was arrested for threatening a man with rubber-bullet gun and driving under the influence.


Shirley Allen

(There is some controversy as to whether Allen fired first, and indeed, police have offered contradictory statements on this.) The police used tear gas, rubber bullets, Barry Manilow music played at high volume day and night, and a police dog to attempt to take her into custody, and eventually shut off her power and water, and arrested a neighbor who tried to bring her food and water.


see also

Plastic bullet

One of its founders, Emma Groves, had been permanently blinded in 1971 when a British soldier shot her in the face with a rubber bullet.

Port of Tacoma protests, March 2007

Of them, one had been shot with a rubber bullet at point blank range, and another had been struck with a Taser three times as he was pinned down.