In a list compiled by Los Angeles researcher Scott Reynhout, at least 60 people have suffered serious head injuries, brain damage, lacerations, bruises, broken jaws and severe eye trauma. These are just a few of a catalog of reported injuries over the last few months of protests against police brutality. She underwent surgery within an hour of arriving at the hospital, but the incident left her permanently blind in her left eye. But I can remember the pressure in my swollen face."
"There was so much adrenaline, I don't remember the pain. Tirado was led away and driven to the hospital by protesters. "I remember a thud on my head, my goggles falling off and my face feeling wet with blood. "I was taking pictures of the police when a round caught me in the eye," she says. She was covering the protests in Minneapolis when she was shot in the face. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesĪlso caught in police crosshairs was photojournalist Linda Tirado. rubber bullets into a crowd of George Flynn protesters on Broadway near 5th St. Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, JA man suffers a severe wound to his face after police fired. A homeless man in a wheelchair, who was struck in the head in Los Angeles as a street protest passed him.He needed surgery for a ruptured testicle, and was later told by doctors he might not be able to have children. Activist Derrick Sanderlin, who provides bias training for his local police force, was reportedly shot in groin in San Jose.Art student Megan Matthews, who suffered a broken nose, fractured facial bones and deep lacerations to her face when a rubber bullet struck her in Denver.
"Given their inherent inaccuracy, potential for misuse and associated health consequences of severe injury, disability and death, KIPs do not appear to be appropriate weapons for use in crowd-control settings."ĭuring these recent protests, the seriously injured include: much of it from penetrative injuries and head, neck and torso trauma," report the study authors. "We find that these projectiles have caused significant morbidity and mortality. Of these people, approximately 3% died as a result of their injuries and 15% suffered a permanent disability. Studies show the blunt force trauma inflicted by these weapons can lead to fractures, nerve damage and internal injuries that can be fatal.Ī 2017 review published by the British Medical Journal looked at injury data from 1,984 people shot with kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), including rubber and plastic bullets. And in situations where these weapons are not being fired as originally designed, we get more serious injuries." In those cases we might see lacerations, abrasions or deeper penetrating injuries. "Some can have sharper points or edges to them. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ASSOCIATED PRESS
Global demonstrations have been sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after he was restrained by Minneapolis police. was inflicted by a police officer's rubber bullet during a past protest, by writing "Thanks LAPD!" on her right leg during a "Black Lives Matter" rally, Saturday, June 6, 2020, outside Los Angeles City Hall. Demonstrator Colleen Jane, originally from Tallahassee, Fla., draws attention to a hematoma she says.
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