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Black Lives Matter protester s nose ripped off after being shot in face by armed police
Elise Poole was shot in the face by armed police while she was attending a Black Lives Matter protest in May last year. She is now suing the police for excessive use of force
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Lincoln police who shot woman in face during protests sued
February 2, 2021 GMT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A civil liberties organization has sued the city of Lincoln, police and Lancaster County on behalf of a woman whose nose was nearly severed when an officer shot her in the face with a rubber bullet during protests over racial injustice last year.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska said Tuesday in a news release that it is seeking an unspecified amount in damages for 19-year-old Elise Poole.
The lawsuit says Poole was kneeling on a sidewalk as part of a Lincoln demonstration the night of May 31 following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. The lawsuit says that when Poole got up to flee tear gas directed at protesters, she was shot in the face with a rubber bullet at close range by a police officer.