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When cops shot Linda Tirado in the George Floyd protests, they destroyed one of her eyes with a rubber bullet. The subsequent brain damage is proving fatal. Linda needs funds for hospice Venmo: Linda-Tirado-3 PayPal: Bootstrapindustries@gmail Zelle: 806.433.6075

Police Blinded Her With a Foam Bullet. Suing Them Was When the Pain Beganrubberbullets.longlead.com When less-lethal weapons are misused, journalist Linda Tirado learned, there are no consequences — except for the people at the wrong end of the launcher.

More people need to realize what rubber bullets actually are. The name makes them sound harmless. In reality, they're large metal projectiles wrapped in rubber to make them bounce off pavements before striking someone. They can be extremely lethal when fired at someone directly.

I noticed that Google didn't find many of the kinds of pictures I wanted for this post. There used to be so much more during the BLM protests. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, and it might just be another example of Google suckling these days, but it almost feels intentional.

Seriously, I was trying to find more on her and it’s just such crap results. I get results on a totally different last named Linda as early as just below the fold on mobile

Here’s a first-person piece she wrote back in June 2020

I came to the Minneapolis protests to cover police aggression. Then I became the victim of it.www.nbcnews.com I went to photograph the protests over the killing of George Floyd and lost the use of my eye in the process. Being a journalist didn't protect me.

Linda Tirado’s blog

Stories From The Rail | Linda Tirado | Substacklindatirado.substack.com longform, commentary, essays, random shower thoughts, interesting conversations. Click to read Stories From The Rail, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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