Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.

A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say.

Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a “less-lethal” round. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and was blinded in one eye.

  • Fisk400@feddit.nu
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    6 months ago

    The defense will also claim that there is no way to prove that the dementia wouldn’t have occured regardless and they would be technically correct. The thing that needs to happen is to remove rubber bullets from the police arsenal.