'They're treating us like we're attacking the country, when they're really attacking us as citizens,' Jax Feldmann, a 21-year-old Denver resident, told ABC News.
More people against police brutality and racism in the streets as government officials across the country are beginning to implement reforms.Police departments across the country have come under fire for their handling of what were largely peaceful protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, which were, in part, against police brutality. In some cases, officials are now investigating alleged officer misconduct.
Jax Feldmann, seen here before the injury, said he was blinded in his left eye after being allegedly shot by police with a rubber bullet on May 30 as peaceful protests continued in Denver. Feldmann said that he learned on Thursday that in about a year or two, he will completely lose his eye and will need a prosthetic. The doctors gave him the choice to have more surgeries, but said at some point down the road, the outcome of losing his eye was inevitable, according to Feldmann."This shouldn't happen to anyone whether you're a citizen or an actual criminal and something needs to be done about that ... I think we need to ban these non-lethal projectiles," he said.
Protests in Denver were largely peaceful and continued steadily since Floyd's death on May 25, but in some instances police used pepper spray and projectiles on them.
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