US EditionICE Protester Says He Was Seriously Injured by Rubber Bullet Shot to the Groin
- Protests over recent ICE raids unfolded in Los Angeles with journalists covering events sometimes facing police aggression and injury.
- The tension escalated amid controversy over federal troop deployment and over three dozen documented incidents of force against journalists in 2022.
- Journalists, including Michael Nigro, reported intentional targeting despite clear press markings, while a 2017 medical study found rubber bullets cause significant harm.
- In 2022, California lawmakers amended state legislation to ensure that journalists are permitted to remain in public areas during times of civil unrest, even when curfews or dispersal orders apply to the general public.
- A federal lawsuit alleges LAPD unlawfully used force to intimidate journalists, highlighting ongoing threats to press freedom and the necessity of a free press for public awareness.
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ICE Protestor Takes A Rubber Bullet To The Nuts, Suffers 'Shattered' Testicle
Protests are all fun and games until you take a rubber bullet directly to the nuts. One of the participants in the mostly peaceful ICE protests last week found this out the hard way.He was out in downtown Los Angeles among the protestors not moving along quickly enough when told to do so by the police. That's when he says an officer shot him at close range in the testicles with a rubber bullet.33-year-old Martin Santoyo told KTLA he suffered one…
Anti-ICE Protester Gets Testicle "Shattered" By Police-Fired Rubber Bullet During LA Riots - The American Tribune.com
After a close-range shot to the groin with a rubber bullet, an anti-ICE leftist protester reportedly had one of his testicles “shattered,” leaving him in extreme pain, with the man saying that while doctors “somewhat fixed” the testicle, it is still in rough shape. For context, on June 14, 2025, Los Angeles’s KTLA reported that Martin Santoyo, a 33-year-old protester who took part in the violent riots in downtown LA, got shot in the groin with a…
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ThePatriotLight - He may have been protesting ICE, but he's applying some ice now. A pro-illegal alien protester claims an LAPD officer shot him in the crotch at point-blank range. His dreams of ending mass deportations weren’t the only thing shattered in the encounter; so was one of his testicles. Ouch! Here’s more. Anti-ICE rioter says his testicle is shattered after police shot at him with rubber bullets when he tried pushing his way through…
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