John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p>A study published in 2017 found that 3% of people hit by <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/rubberbullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberbullets</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/died" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>died</span></a> of the injury. 15% of the 1,984 people studied were <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/permanently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permanently</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/injured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injured</span></a> by the rubber bullets.</p><p>Rubber bullets should be used only to control “an extremely dangerous crowd,” said Brian Higgins, a former police chief of Bergen County, New Jersey.</p><p>“Shooting them into open crowds is reckless & dangerous,” said Dr. Lazzaro, a professor & expert in eye trauma at NYU Langone Health <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/at-close-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/health/at-clo</span><span class="invisible">se-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters</span></a></p>