Police weaponry brought to University of California at Berkeley protest.

A few brief questions for a police officer in riot gear. Notice someone's rude and unfortunately timed remark towards the police officer. Many of the protesters are non students, and the commenter did not appear to be a student. On closer inspection the gun seemed to carry .45 caliber or so sized rounds which had a plastic or painted coating on the exterior. They were in a round drum somewhat resembling an antique style "tommy gun".
A bystander who was present mentioned that earlier the officer had stated that they were plastic bullets. To my knowledge the gun was not fired on November 9, 2011. If anyone has any further information on the type of injuries that this weapon might cause please post this in the comments.

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• plastic
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• university of california
• berkeley
• Occupy Cal 11/9/11
• rubber bullets
• shotgun
• slugs
• assault weapon

[hopeisthebluestsky]

@geir44 UC Berkeley is either the highest or near the highest ranked in every department in the world. This is especially impressive in that it is a publicly run and funded institution. I'm not sure where you would get the impression that anyone present uses cannabis medicinally or otherwise, but what exactly are you implying? Did you attend University, and how do you spend the majority of your time?

[SovereignStatesman]

@Adeptmind

Jimmy Kimmel said it best: "there are two kinds of people who practice martial arts: Asians, and psychotics."

[torgersende]

The police officer really likes his weapon. He is very proud of his weapon, riot gear, and all the power that represents. I don't understand how we got from: "To serve, and protect" to this.

[phoenixbluex]

shit just got serious

[DeathlyHurtt]

Fuck the police!!!!

[spotofblack1]

I feel like if he got closer he would of pushed him away like the combine do in Half-Life :P

[1830da]

OWS! I'm closing my Bank of America account.... and in lieu of Christmas gifts for me this year please donate to a local food pantry or your favorite charity. Thank you!

[TheMoonandSea]

White liberals are Uncle Toms. Up until the 80's unis were dirt cheap or free. Then the unis decided to "promote diversity" which was code for kicking out the white working class and replacing them with the 92% of the world's population that are "ethnic minorities." They then jacked the prices through the roof. Uncle Tom white liberals and the "minorites" didn't complain that this was unfair to the white working class. Now the rest of you can't afford to go either. Too bad. It's karma time.

[tacticaloperator12]

It's a tear gas canister launcher, the rounds she was talking about are used to propel the actual canister a long distance, up to 100m. You load the canister in the tube/barrel and the charge inside the chamber.

[guyNbluejeans]

@joehixon1 Huh?

[joehixon1]

@guyNbluejeans You're an idiot and you're not doing us any good. If you can't debate, don't try to help.