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Snopes reports
On 20 November 2016, the Dakota Access pipeline protests reached new proportions when an ongoing demonstration turned into a violent [assault on protesters by] law enforcement officials.
Pipeline protesters say 21-year-old Sophia Wilansky was critically injured when she was struck with a concussion grenade thrown by Morton County sheriff's deputies while she was handing out water. As a result, she has been hospitalized and now faces the prospect of having her left arm amputated.
On 21 November 2016, Wilansky's father, Wayne Wilansky, [...] told reporters that she may need as many as 20 surgeries and that, aside from her arm injury, Sophia had welts all over her body from being shot by rubber[-coated steel] bullets, and that it took hours for an ambulance to reach her because of roadblocks.
Heavy.com continues
A statement from The Standing Rock Medic & Healing Council stated:
"Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The Morton County Sheriff's Department has stated that she was injured by a purported propane explosion that the Sheriff's Department claimed the unarmed people created."These statements are refuted by Sophia's testimony, by several eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades at unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site, and by the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and will be saved for legal proceedings."
Snopes also notes:
A total of 26 protesters were hospitalized and more than 300 were injured.
Previously:
Water Cannons Used in Sub-Freezing Temperatures at Standing Rock
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 24 2016, @03:51PM
Essentially, there is no difference between a flash bang and a concussion grenade. The term flash bang is used by police forces to minimize the potential lethality of their weapons. The packaging and labeling is different, but I suspect that military concussion grenades and these flash bangs come off of the same assembly line, built with the same components, assembled by the same people and robots. Bottom line is, an explosion at your feet is likely to knock you off of your feet, so that opposing forces can rush in to capture and/or kill you and your comrades.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 24 2016, @04:08PM
Essentially, there is no difference between a flash bang and a concussion grenade.
Sounds like there is a big difference of explosive power. The concussion grenade is packed with enough to kill people who just happen to be nearby. The other is designed to be pretty non lethal.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday November 24 2016, @05:34PM
And - you base this assumption on what, exactly?
http://www.theagitator.com/2011/03/09/swat-officer-killed-by-non-lethal-flashbang-grenade/ [theagitator.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stun_grenade [wikipedia.org]
https://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/04/51760?currentPage=all [wired.com]
""If you've got the device in your hand, or against your chest, back or head, and it blows up, what you've done is set off a small bomb in close proximity to your body," said Mark Grubelich, researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and creator of the new device."
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Friday November 25 2016, @01:45AM
The concussion grenade is packed with enough to kill people who just happen to be nearby. The other is designed to be a bit less lethal.
Since you're only going to throw it at enemy combatants. See offensive grenade [wikipedia.org].
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