Photographer Blinded by Foam Police Bullet Sues Minneapolis (2)

Minneapolis was hit with a suit by freelance reporter Linda Tirado, who alleges she was blinded in one eye when the police shot her in the face with foam bullets while she was covering the protests following the killing of George Floyd.

Tirado alleges she stepped in front of the protesting crowd on May 29, 2020, and aimed her camera at the police to take a picture of the police line.

Ignoring the press credential around her neck, police officers targeted her with a bright green light and then shot her in the face with foam bullets, according to the ...