June 19, 2020This story also ran on .Warning: Graphic images and video below.Megan Matthews thought she was dying.“I thought my head was blown off,” said Matthews, 22, who was hit in the eye with a sponge-tipped projectile fired by law enforcement at a May 29 protest in Denver. “Everything was dark. I couldn’t see.”Matthews, a soft-spoken art major who lives with her mother, had gone to the demonstration against police brutality carrying bandages, water bottles and milk so she could provide first aid to protesters.“I couldn’t really grasp how bad my injury was,” said Matthews, who sustained...…June 19, 2020This story also ran on .Warning: Graphic images and video below.Megan Matthews thought she was dying.“I thought my head was blown off,” said Matthews, 22, who was hit in the eye with a sponge-tipped projectile fired by law enforcement at a May 29 protest in Denver. “Everything was dark. I couldn’t see.”Matthews, a soft-spoken art major who lives with her mother, had gone to the demonstration against police brutality carrying bandages, water bottles and milk so she could provide first aid to protesters.“I couldn’t really grasp how bad my injury was,” said Matthews, who sustained...WW…

This story also ran on .Following nationwide protests against police brutality in which law enforcement officers wounded or blinded protesters, state and local lawmakers and an international police association are taking steps to restrict the use of “less-lethal” weapons that caused the injuries.have enacted or proposed tight limits on the use of rubber bullets and other projectiles, though some efforts for similar actions have stalled in the face of opposition from police agencies or other critics.Fractured Skulls, Lost Eyes: Police Often Break Own Rules Using ‘Rubber Bullets’Additionally,...…This story also ran on .Following nationwide protests against police brutality in which law enforcement officers wounded or blinded protesters, state and local lawmakers and an international police association are taking steps to restrict the use of “less-lethal” weapons that caused the injuries.have enacted or proposed tight limits on the use of rubber bullets and other projectiles, though some efforts for similar actions have stalled in the face of opposition from police agencies or other critics.Fractured Skulls, Lost Eyes: Police Often Break Own Rules Using ‘Rubber Bullets’Additionally,...WW…

July 24, 2020This story also ran on .There’s a gap in Scott Olsen’s memory for the night of Oct. 25, 2011.The Iraq War vet remembers leaving his tech job in the San Francisco Bay Area and taking a BART train to join an against economic and social inequality.He remembers standing near protesters who faced off with Oakland police officers bristling with riot gear.He remembers being carried away by other protesters.But not the moment when a “bean bag” round fired from an officer’s 12-gauge shotgun crashed into the left side of his head, fracturing his skull and inflicting a near-fatal brain...…July 24, 2020This story also ran on .There’s a gap in Scott Olsen’s memory for the night of Oct. 25, 2011.The Iraq War vet remembers leaving his tech job in the San Francisco Bay Area and taking a BART train to join an against economic and social inequality.He remembers standing near protesters who faced off with Oakland police officers bristling with riot gear.He remembers being carried away by other protesters.But not the moment when a “bean bag” round fired from an officer’s 12-gauge shotgun crashed into the left side of his head, fracturing his skull and inflicting a near-fatal brain...WW…