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Portland protester says she was shot in the eye with a munition in latest lawsuit against federal police
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Protesters continue to gather in downtown Portland Saturday, July 26, 2020, for the 60th consecutive night of protests. Mark Graves/Staff
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A Portland protester is suing federal police after she was shot in the eye during a racial justice demonstration last July.
The lawsuit is one of a series that a group of attorneys, known as the Portland Lawyers for Black Lives Matter, have filed against federal officers over their conduct at the protests last summer in downtown Portland.
Volunteer medic hit by tear gas canister sues federal agents
ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) A volunteer medic who was hit in the chest with a tear gas canister fired by a federal officer during racial injustice protests in Portland last summer sued U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials and agents Monday.
Nate Cohen had just doused a tear gas canister that had landed next to journalists and legal observers on July 26 when he was hit directly above the heart by a canister fired from 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters) away, the federal lawsuit says.
Tear gas canisters are not meant to be used as an impact weapon, which can cause serious injury or death. The lawsuit says the federal officer “intentionally misused the launcher as an impact weapon, which the agent s training prohibits and the manufacturer has not authorized.