Latoya Ratlieff’s 36-page complaint alleges the hard projectile fired by police caused “serious and permanent eye damage, neurological injuries, and other directly attributable physical and emotional injuries.”
A BLM demonstrator fighting for the unjust killing of George Floyd in 2020 has filed a federal lawsuit after sustaining an eye injury from a rubber bullet.
"Everyday, I live with the impacts that their bullet had on my body and my mind," LaToya Ratlieff said Thursday through her attorney. "May 31st never ended for me."
A protester who suffered eye damage when a rubber bullet fired by Fort Lauderdale police struck her in the face during a 2020 protest over George Floyd's murder filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the officer and the department of violating her civil rights.
LaToya Ratlieff is suing Fort Lauderdale Police after she was shot in the eye by a rubber bullet during Black Lives Matter protest over George Floyd's murder