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Portland Protester Alleges Federal Agents Violated Her Fourth Amendment Rights By Shooting Her Eye With “High Velocity Projectile” “Terrified, Mead immediately lost all vision in her right eye and thought she lost her eye entirely.” A protest group known as the Wall of Moms gathers at the federal fence in downtown Portland in July of 2020. (Alex Wittwer) Updated May 3 at 7:50 PM Angeline “Angie” Mead says Department of Homeland Security officials violated her fourth amendment rights after an officer allegedly shot her in the right eye using a “high velocity projectile” during a downtown Portland protest, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court.