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>>> IMAGES LIKE THIS, PLEASE USING TEARGAS OR RUBBER BULLETS
TO ENFORCE ORDER DURING THE
RECENT PROTESTS RIOTS HAVE
BECOME A SYMBOL OF THE UNREST
DURING GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
TONIGHT WE INVESTIGATE THE
DANGERS OF THOSE TYPES OF
WEAPONS.
WEAPONS.
WEAPONS. A.J.
A.J.
A.J. LAGOE LOOKS INTO WHAT THE STATE
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW.
AND A WARNING, THIS REPORT
CONTAINS VIOLENT IMAGES.
>>> SCENES FROM THE SEATING
STREETS OF THE TWIN CITIES IN
THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT
ATTEMPTED TO QUELL UNREST.
AND ENFORCE CURFEWS.
OFTEN FIRING WHAT ARE KNOWN AS
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS.
>> I COULD FEEL THE WARM BLOOD
ROLLED DOWN MY FACE.
>> Reporter: BLEEDING AND
BRUISED IN A BROKEN BONE
INTERFACE.
INTERFACE. 21-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT
GRAY SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT MAY
30 IN THE BASEMENT OF A
MINNEAPOLIS HOME BEING CARED
FOR BY VOLUNTEER MEDICS.
>> BY THE GRACE OF GOD IT
HAPPENED TO BE MEDICS THERE WHO
HELPED ME AND STOP MY BLEEDING
AND KEPT ME THERE UNTIL 6 AM
UNTIL WAS GO SAFE TO GO OUTSIDE
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>
AGAIN. >> Reporter: SHE LEFT BEFORE 8
PM KNOWING THE CURFEW STARTED
THAT NIGHT.
THAT NIGHT. GRACE SAYS AFTER CURFEW SHE AND
HER BOYFRIEND A UNITED STATES
MARINE RESERVIST WERE STILL
WALKING TO THEIR CAR, ALL ALONE
ON A SIDE STREET WHEN OFFICERS
APPEARED AND WITH NO WARNING --
>> IT FELT LIKE I GOT PUNCHED
IN THE FACE BY THE HULK.
HE YELLED AT THEM AND SAID
DON'T SHOOT.
DON'T SHOOT. YOU SHOT HER IN THE FACE.
DON'T SHOOT.
DON'T SHOOT. >> Reporter: SHE WAS HIT BY A
LESS LETHAL ROUND.
BUT A ROUND ABLE TO KILL AND
EVEN LEAVE SOME BLIND.
DR. ROHINI HART IS AN EMERGENCY
MEDICINE PHYSICIAN IN OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. SHE CO-AUTHORED THIS 2017 STUDY
WHICH LOOKED AT 1984 PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE WHO SAW DOCTORS AFTER
BEING HIT WITH ALL TYPES OF
LESS LETHAL PROJECTILES.
3% DIED IN 15% WERE PERMANENTLY
INJURED.
INJURED.
INJURED. >> ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE
MISUSED OR FIRED DIRECTLY AT
PEOPLE'S HEAD OR FACE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF
PERMANENT DISABILITIES AND
DEATH.
DEATH.
DEATH. >>
DEATH. >> Reporter: TO FIND OUT IF
THEY WERE MISUSED KARE 11
WANTED TO KNOW WHICH LESS
LETHAL AMMUNITIONS HAVE BEEN
USED DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD'S
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. STATE PATROL RESPONSIBLE FOR
SCENES LIKE THIS.
TARGETING PEOPLE STANDING ON
THEIR OWN PORCH, CLAIMS THE
PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT
TO KNOW WHAT THEY FIRED IT
CITIZENS.
CITIZENS.
CITIZENS. WRITING TO KARE 11 IT COULD
JEOPARDIZE THE BEST INTERESTS
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WATCHED A PATROL FIRE AT THIS
ROUND OF A CAR AND OTHERS LIKE
IT AT PEOPLE.
OFTEN NO WARNING WHEN THERE
ONLY OBVIOUS LEGAL INFRACTION
OF THE TIME WAS BEING OUT PAST
CURFEW.
CURFEW.
CURFEW. >> Reporter: A WEBSITE FOR THE
MANUFACTURE DESCRIBES IT AS A
40 MILLIMETER CRUSHABLE FORM
ROUND.
ROUND.
ROUND. IT
ROUND. IT COMES WITH A WARNING THAT IT
CAN EXPOSE YOU TO CHEMICALS
KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER AND BIRTH
DEFECTS.
DEFECTS.
DEFECTS. WHEN FIRED IT TRAVELS 295 FEET
PER SECOND.
PER SECOND. THAT'S 201 MILES PER HOUR.>> HE
CAN BREAK BONES IN THE FACE.
IT CAN PENETRATE THE I AND
LODGE IN THE BRAIN, OR AT LEAST
CAUSE PERMANENT VISION LOSS.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
LAWSUIT FILED BY THE ACLU,
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER WHILE
COVERING THE MINNEAPOLIS
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES AN
FOREWARNED INDISCRIMINATE USE
OF RIGHT CONTROL TACTICS.
MINNEAPOLIS PD USE OF FORCE
MANUAL STATES 40 MILLIMETER
LAUNCHERS ARE TO BE USED FOR
THE INCAPACITATION OF AN
AGGRESSIVE NONCOMPLIANT
AGGRESSIVE NONCOMPLIANT SUBJECT.
SUBJECT.
SUBJECT. UNLESS DEADLY FORCE IS
JUSTIFIED OFFICERS SHOULD AVOID
THE DELIVERY OF 40 MILLIMETER
IMPACT PROJECTILES TO THE HEAD,
NECK, THROAT AND CHEST.
>> I BELIEVE THEY WERE AIMING
FOR OUR HEADS.
>> WERE YOU RIOTING OR
COMMITTING A CRIME AT THE TIME?
>> WE WERE WALKING HOME.
>> Reporter: GRACE QUESTIONS
WHY OFFICERS USAGE DANGEROUS
FORCE WHEN HER ONLY LEGAL
INFRACTION WAS BEING OUT PAST
CURFEW.
CURFEW.
CURFEW. >> IT DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE FACT
I GOT SHOT AT IN THE FACE.
THEY COULD HAVE ARRESTED ME.
THEY COULD HAVE FIND ME.
>> THIS WEEK A JUDGE APPROVED A
PROPOSED COURT ORDER FILED BY
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
HUMAN RIGHTS. REQUIRING MPB TO MAKE IMMEDIATE
CHANGES.
CHANGES.
CHANGES. PART OF THE ORDER SAYS ONLY THE
POLICE CHIEF OR DESIGNATED
DEPUTY CHIEF MAY APPROVE THE
USE OF CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS
INCLUDING RUBBER BULLETS AND
MARKING ROUNDS DURING PROTESTS
AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
AND DEMONSTRATIONS.