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Re:The Human Toll of Flashbangs by mbrubeck on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @08:28PM (#8883721)
The US has a tendency to export its bad ideas along with its good ones, so readers elsewhere might still have reason to be concerned about what happens there. These weapons are already used by some police in other places, like in Canada where a protesting student was seriously injured [1]. French police used flash bangs in the recent hostage situation in a grocery store [2].

[1]: http://rabble.ca/news/2012/03/police-violence-rise-montreal

[2]: http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jan/09/charlie-he...

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Re:The Human Toll of Flashbangs by cryptnotic on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:32PM (#8883940)
Using them in a raid against a terrorist who had taken hostages is completely reasonable.

Throwing them into a crowd of people is not.

Like any dangerous tool, if you use it carelessly bad things will happen.

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Re:The Human Toll of Flashbangs by mbrubeck on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:28PM (#8920694)
French police also killed a protester with a concussion grenade last year: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29820623
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