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>>epista+(OP)
Just like you should drive defensively, you should protest defensively too. A pair of ballistic-grade safety glasses for starters would go a long way (the kind industrial workers use to protect their eyes from flying ball bearings). I keep reading stories about reporters losing eyes to rubber bullets, when it is completely preventable.

>>umvi+1a
Arrest and charging of the criminals (who happen to be police as well) firing rubber bullets at people's heads would also help.

But yes, safety gear as a backup.