Los Angeles man blinded by officer’s projectile at anti-ICE protest, claim says

Jesus Javier Gomez Islas, 23, says in filing against LAPD he has permanently lost vision in one eye due to unjustified munition fired at his face A 23-year-old Los Angeles man who attended a recent immigration protest outside a federal building says he was blinded in one eye by a law enforcement projectile. Jesus Javier Gomez Islas filed a claim against the LA police department (LAPD) on Thursday stemming from permanent injuries he says he suffered at a 31 January demonstration outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. The federal facility has been the site of frequent protests against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and was the site of “ICE Out” rallies that week. Gomez Islas’s claim said doctors told him he would not regain sight in his right eye where he was hit, with his lawyers saying he is in danger of also losing sight in his left eye due to complications from the injury. Gomez Islas’s lawyers said their analysis suggested the projectile came from an LAPD weapon, though there were also federal officers in the area at the time. The claim is a legal letter, which is a precursor to a lawsuit, and was filed against the city of LA and not the Department of Homelan