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Shot protester loses eye as journalists come under attack in protests

A STUDENT has lost his right eye after being shot in the face with a police tear gas canister.

Balin Brake said he was peacefully protesting in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, when officers fired at the crowd unprovoked.

The 21-year-old, who works part-time at a TV station but was not on duty at the time, was thrown to the ground and then rushed to hospital following the attack on Saturday. Despite emergency surgery, doctors told local media there was ‘nothing left but the shell of his eye’.

Mr Brake, who was protesting George Floyd’s death in police custody on May 25, later told The Journal Gazette newspaper his injury was ‘small collateral for the battle we’re fighting’. His injury came on the day photographer Linda Tirado was left permanently blind in her left eye after being shot with a rubber bullet as she captured protests in Minneapolis over Mr Floyd’s death.

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Investigative news outlet Bellingcat said it had documented 101 cases of media representatives being assaulted by officers, in many cases deliberately.
https://www.metro.news/shot-protester-loses-eye-as-journalists-come-under-attack-in-protests/2032606/