Megaphone :verified:A #Protestor has been permanently blinded after being shot during a demonstration, according to her own account in a video interview with Courier News. Doctors told her her #Eye was ruptured beyond repair and that she will never regain vision on that side. She described extensive #FacialInjuries, skull fractures that cannot be fixed, and shrapnel lodged just millimeters from her #CarotidArtery, a detail doctors said made her survival a “miracle.”
She says the projectile contained #PepperSpray, leaving her unable to breathe for an extended period, and that doctors removed a piece of plastic roughly the size of a nickel from her eye, along with metal, glass, and plastic fragments embedded behind her eye and in her skull. She now sees nothing but darkness on that side.
As #PoliceViolence against #ProtestMovements continues to escalate, stories like this raise urgent questions about the use of so-called “less-lethal” weapons and the lasting harm they can cause. For #LGBTQ communities and other marginalized groups who often rely on protest to demand safety and dignity, accountability is not optional.
She says the projectile contained #PepperSpray, leaving her unable to breathe for an extended period, and that doctors removed a piece of plastic roughly the size of a nickel from her eye, along with metal, glass, and plastic fragments embedded behind her eye and in her skull. She now sees nothing but darkness on that side.
As #PoliceViolence against #ProtestMovements continues to escalate, stories like this raise urgent questions about the use of so-called “less-lethal” weapons and the lasting harm they can cause. For #LGBTQ communities and other marginalized groups who often rely on protest to demand safety and dignity, accountability is not optional.