Bay Area pastor, shot with a pepper round, files $5M claim against federal government

Bay Area pastor, shot with a pepper round, files $5M claim against federal government

(RNS) — Last October, the Rev. Jorge Bautista was standing at the one-road entrance to a California military base, protesting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, when he saw a masked federal agent approach, weapon raised. Moments later, the agent fired a pepper round from just a few feet away that struck Bautista in the face, engulfing the pastor’s head and neck in a plume of acrid yellow powder. Bloody and breathless, Bautista said …