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.

  • TurtleJoe@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    But of course, police are given 3 months of training tops, so they just fire them wherever.

    I don’t think they fire them wherever. I think they aim at people’s faces because they think it’s funny.