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US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions (www.theguardian.com)

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Sat 17 Jan 2026 08.00 EST

Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed by federal officers during an anti-ICE protest last week in Santa Ana, California, according to reports.

Widely seen video recorded at the Santa Ana protest showed a homeland security agent shoot Kaden Rummler, 21, in the face with a less-lethal munition at a distance of only a few feet. Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery.

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[–] huppakee@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

I posted this image earlier, but the eyewear they wore in Hong Kong was because of tear gas. Not sure how they would hold up against 'less-lethal' bullets.

(via https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/reader-center/hong-kong-protests-gillian-wong-insider.html / https://archive.is/6IApR)