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shish_mish@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says

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Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says

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Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
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A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
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    My first thought was: “They shot them with a rubber bullet.”

    Shocker, a rubber bullet.

    If you’re not aware, so-called ‘rubber bullets’ are more like rubber mortar shells. These fucking things need to be banned.

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      These fucking things need to be banned.

      Hear hear, should have been years ago - https://www.npr.org/2024/06/21/nx-s1-5015030/linda-tirado-journalist-shot-police-2020-george-floyd-protests-hospice-care (arc)

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      They’re supposed to be fired at the ground, not people. But ACAB.

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