Article 703QT LA police fired more than a thousand projectiles at protesters in a single day

LA police fired more than a thousand projectiles at protesters in a single day

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LAPD report shows use of force, including a day in June, against demonstrators protesting Trump's Ice raids

Los Angeles police officers fired more than 1,000 projectiles at protesters on a single day in June as demonstrators pushed back against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and decision to deploy the national guard to the country's second largest city.

The police department released a state-mandated report on Monday on use of force against protesters that included numbers on bean bags, rubber and foam rounds, and tear gas deployed during days of protests in Los Angeles.

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