YOURE TELLING ME THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SHOOTING PROTESTERS WITH????

YEP! These are meant to be skipped into the ground and then spin into people's legs and dissuade people from advancing or move them away. FIRING THEM AT PEOPLE'S HEADS IS 100% AGAINST THE PROPER USE.

AND THEY ARE SHOOTING THESE AT MEDICS. DOCTORS, EMTS, AND NURSES. AT CLOSE RANGE.

THESE CAN BREAK YOUR SKULL. THEY ARE NOT A JOKE.

THIS IS LESS LETHAL LIKE A BASEBALL BAT IS LESS LETHAL THAN A SWORD. BOTH STILL CAN KILL.

I only found out today they’re meant to be fired at the ground to bounce back at protesters... I don’t think  I’ve ever seen the cops use them that way

[id: A tweet by @FILTERMIN, which reads: "the name 'rubber bullets' is really deceiving. they aren't bullet sized at all they're actually HUGE. please spread this so people going to protests know how seriously dangerous they are. #Black_Lives_Matters"

An embedded picture, which OP has helpfully added a full version of in the second image, displays some rubber bullets, which are black objects longer than the width of the hand holding them, and two finger-widths wide. end id.]