Two men say they were seriously injured by LAPD projectiles during a protest in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend and are now facing long and painful recoveries.
Marshall Woodruff, a Los Angeles filmmaker, said he was struck in the face by a less-than-lethal round Saturday night during a protest. “I just have a lot of pain and numbness in the right side of my face,” Woodruff said from his hospital bed. “When the bullet struck my face, all I could hear was a high-pitched ringing noise.” Woodruff said that he was part of the “No Kings Protest” when LAPD officers began firing into the crowd after declaring the gathering unlawful.
The department reported that officers had come under attack from protesters throwing bottles and concrete, prompting them to order the crowd to disperse. Woodruff, however, said he never heard any clear instructions to leave. “Nobody on megaphones, nobody shouting clear orders,” he said. “It was just chaos.”…