Ophthalmic societies protest use of rubber bullets, tear gas on citizens

Thousands of Americans have taken to the streets to protest following the killing of George Floyd. The American Academy of Ophthalmology released a statement condemning the use of rubber bullets as a means of crowd dispersion.
The AAO statement said that while rubber bullets are classified as non-lethal, they are not non-blinding. “These life-altering eye injuries are a common result of urban warfare, rioting and crowd dispersion. We have seen it around the world, and we now see it in the United States,” the statement said, which asked law enforcement (Read more...)

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