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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+(OP)
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.

>>umvi+(OP)
Drive defensively, but if a drunk driver hits your car and kills you, it's still their fault.

Wear safety glasses, but if a police officer hits you and takes out your eye, it's still their fault.

I agree with you that wearing safety gear might be a great idea. That still says something terrible about the American police system, and it shouldn't be necessary.