It was of course totally necessary for Thai cops to go wild and shoot at everyone including journalists: police

A journalist remains hospitalized in critical condition today after she was shot in the head at a protest, which even Thailand’s reticent journalist associations have condemned as indiscriminate police brutality.

At least 32 people were injured Saturday night when police in riot gear dispersed a protest in and around Bangkok’s Sanam Luang by opening fire with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. 

Among those injured were an unknown number of journalists including Khaosod reporter Thanyalak Wannakote and Prachatai reporter Sarayut Tangprasert, the latter of whom was shot in the back with a rubber bullet, while they were providing live video coverage for their agencies. Channel 8 reporter Panitnat Prombangkoed is still in a hospital ICU after she was shot in the head.

Royal Thai Police spokesman Yingyos Thepjamnong used the pandemic as cover for those…