California Protester Injured

A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California. The protester was bloodied and with serious injuries, according to video and fellow protesters during a Tuesday news conference. The incident occurred during a Friday protest in Santa Ana over the shooting death of Renee Good in Minneapolis by a federal agent. Video shows the officer firing at the demonstrator, who grabbed his face and fell to the ground. The demonstrator's aunt said he lost vision in one eye. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says two officers were injured.

A Southern California college student who says he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a protest says he no longer has depth perception and lost the ability to drive. A second demonstrator told The Los Angeles Times he was also blinded in one eye by officers' fire at the Jan. 9 protest over the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security says authorities were responding to violent protesters. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the agency, said to the Times that Rummler's injury claims were “absurd.” The injuries in California are the latest in a growing number of violent encounters between federal agents and community members during protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.