A protester in Indiana said he lost his right eye Saturday after being struck in the face by a tear gas canister that police fired…
A protester in Indiana said he lost his right eye Saturday after being struck in the face by a tear gas canister that police fired to disperse a crowd demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis last week while in police custody.
Balin Brake, 21, said that as officers ordered the crowd in Fort Wayne to break up, he began running away and a tear gas canister struck his shoe, local station FOX 55 reported.
Brake, who works part-time at the news station, said when he turned around to see what happened, a second canister struck him in the face. The station said Brake was not working for them at the time of the incident.
A photo of Brake with a bloodied face was posted online.
