"Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery. Video also showed the federal officer drag Rummler several yards across the pavement and into a federal building after shooting him. The shooting left him blind in the left eye. I can't sneeze or cough because it's dangerous, Rummler told KTLA."
"A second person, 31-year-old Britain Rodriguez, described taking a similar close-range shot to the face with a less-lethal round at the same protest, saying it felt like his eye exploded in my head, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Friday. The shooting appeared to take place at roughly the same time as the one that blinded Rummler. Homeland security use-of-force policies describe uses of impact weapons to strike the neck or head as a form of deadly force."
"The DHS did not immediately respond to the Guardian's request for comment about the Santa Ana incidents. But a department spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, has described the protesters as a a mob, accusing them of throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks at federal officers. Local police and media reports, however, said protesters threw only traffic cones. There is no evidence of anything"
Two protesters were blinded by less-lethal munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest in Santa Ana, California. Video shows a homeland security agent firing a less-lethal munition at Kaden Rummler from only a few feet away, after which officers dragged him several yards into a federal building. Doctors found glass shards, plastic fragments in his skull, and a metal fragment lodged near his carotid artery; Rummler lost vision in his left eye. A second protester reported a similar close-range facial shot and described severe eye trauma. Homeland security policies treat head or neck strikes with impact weapons as deadly force. DHS spokespeople described protesters as a mob, while local reports said only traffic cones were thrown.
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