rubber bullet
noun
: a bullet that is made out of rubber so that it hurts but does not kill people and that is used by the police and military to control a crowd
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An Australian journalist, Lauren Tomasi, went viral after a video showed her being struck by a rubber bullet while reporting.
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Kate Plummer
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Lauren Tomasi, the US correspondent for CNN affiliate Nine News in Australia, was reporting in Los Angeles on Sunday when she was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
But scenes from inside UCLA camp, protesters tell a different story
May 3, 2024
When police took down the encampment, medics said, more than a dozen students were evaluated for rubber bullet injuries and others showed contusions and musculoskeletal injuries.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
In Tucson, a Border Patrol officer fired a rubber bullet that struck a Truther protester in the eye, killing her.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
When the teen attempted to retrieve the weapon again, deputies shot him in the hand with a rubber bullet, Chronister said.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
One man recalls being blinded in a schoolyard by a British soldier’s rubber bullet.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
The rubber bullet fractured his skull behind the ear and caused bleeding inside the skull, but does not appear to have caused an injury to the brain, Dr. Fadel Al-Batran said.
—CNN, 8 June 2023
McCool said an officer shot him in the leg with a rubber bullet that night, as police kept firing tear gas, spritzing pepper spray and throwing flash bang grenades at the crowds.
—Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
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Kate Plummer
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Lauren Tomasi, the US correspondent for CNN affiliate Nine News in Australia, was reporting in Los Angeles on Sunday when she was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
But scenes from inside UCLA camp, protesters tell a different story
May 3, 2024
When police took down the encampment, medics said, more than a dozen students were evaluated for rubber bullet injuries and others showed contusions and musculoskeletal injuries.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
In Tucson, a Border Patrol officer fired a rubber bullet that struck a Truther protester in the eye, killing her.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
When the teen attempted to retrieve the weapon again, deputies shot him in the hand with a rubber bullet, Chronister said.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
One man recalls being blinded in a schoolyard by a British soldier’s rubber bullet.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
The rubber bullet fractured his skull behind the ear and caused bleeding inside the skull, but does not appear to have caused an injury to the brain, Dr. Fadel Al-Batran said.
—CNN, 8 June 2023
McCool said an officer shot him in the leg with a rubber bullet that night, as police kept firing tear gas, spritzing pepper spray and throwing flash bang grenades at the crowds.
—Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
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“Rubber bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubber%20bullet. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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