The Brief
- Jasmin Lomas, 25, said she was shot in the face with an FN-330 less than lethal paint projectile launcher while trying to leave an anti-ICE protest in downtown LA.
- Doctors told her that glass and metal fragments burned her skin.
- A recent court order required the department to stop using the 40mm less than lethal projectile launchers.
LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for Jasmin Lomas have filed a claim alleging excessive force by the LAPD, after the 25-year-old was shot in the face with a less than lethal round during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles last month.
What they’re saying:
Lomas claims she was leaving the rally around 6 p.m. on Jan. 30 because things were getting out of hand. She said she walked away from the chaos in front of the federal detention center, off Aliso St., to Temple and Alameda, where she was trying to guide someone to pick her up.…