Wooden bullet

Wooden bullets are wooden projectiles designed to be fired from a gun. They are intended to be used as non-lethal weapons for crowd control by enforcing "pain compliance" at a distance.[1] They have been known to raise large welts or bruises on their targets.[2][1]

First used by British troops in Hong Kong, and then in Northern Ireland, they are still used by some U.S. police forces for crowd control.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jon Swaine (12 August 2014). "Missouri police fired wooden bullets at crowd during protest over teen's death". The Guardian.
  2. 1 2 "LESS LETHAL FORCE: Proposed Standards for Massachusetts Law Enforcement Agencies" (PDF). American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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