A professional dancer has filed a legal claim against Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles, alleging excessive force and civil rights violations after she was allegedly shot with a rubber bullet by law enforcement officers while participating in a “No Kings” protest outside Los Angeles City Hall in June.
A legal claim is a possible forerunner to the filing of a lawsuit. Representatives for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the City Attorney’s Office could not be immediately reached for comment.
“When the president of the United States posts videos of himself dropping feces on peaceful protesters, it’s not just disgusting, it’s dangerous,” said Jamon Hicks, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. “It gives law enforcement everywhere permission to see protesters not as citizens exercising their rights, but as targets for humiliation and harm. That kind of rhetoric from the highest office in the land normalizes violence against people who dare to dissent.”…