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Federal Jury Awards $11.8M to Dodger Fan Blinded by Police Projectile in 2020

The award follows testimony that officers fired a 37-mm launcher from about 145 feet away and left Castellanos blind in one eye.

Summary by MyNewsLA.com
A Los Angeles federal jury Thursday awarded $11.8 million in damages to a Dodger fan who was blinded in one eye by a police projectile during a World Series celebration downtown six years ago. Isaac Castellanos filed a civil rights lawsuit in February 2022 alleging Los Angeles police fired so-called “less-lethal” projectiles into a peaceful crowd celebrating the Dodgers’ victory, permanently blinding the then-22-year-old Cal State Long Beach stu…

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Los Angeles Times broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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