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Louisville TV Reporter Shot By Police During Live Broadcast Covering Street Protests
The Louisville community was already angered by an earlier police shooting in a drug raid at the home of Breonna Taylor, an innocent victim of a wrong address mixup. The situation was further inflamed this week by the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died in police custody in that city.
The reporter’s shooting was posted to Twitter by a viewer and exceeded 1.5 million views within an hour.
In the video, Rust is heard screaming, “I’m getting shot!”
“Katie, are you OK?” asked an in-studio anchor.
“Rubber bullets!” Rust said. “Rubber bullets!” She later amended it to, “It’s OK. It’s those pepper bullets.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/louisville-tv-reporter-shot-rubber-173858673.html
