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Emma Groves, a Catholic mother of 11, was blinded in her own home in Belfast by a British soldier on this day in 1971(en.wikipedia.org)

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Yeah these sorts of munitions should be banned for use against civilians. There were incidents in the US during 2020 also (and I’m sure others that I just haven’t heard of).

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/nx-s1-5015030/linda-tirado-journalist-shot-police-2020-george-floyd-protests-hospice-care

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