A series of viral videos have captured police violence during the protests in the US, with some leading to suspensions and investigations.
In Texas, the family of a 20-year-old African-American student told local media he suffered a fractured skull and brain damage after police shot him in the head with what they called"less-lethal" rounds on Sunday.
Police said they meant to shoot at another individual at the protest who was throwing objects at them."We are praying for this young man and his family and hoping that his condition improves quickly," Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said. Meanwhile in Denver, police on Thursday said an investigation was underway after video showed officers firing pepper balls at a man and his pregnant girlfriend.
In the video, the man stops his car near police at an intersection and yells at them, as stray pepper balls had hit his car. He says that his pregnant girlfriend is in the passenger seat before delivering a series of expletives.Oh my god. What is the
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