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DHS agent permanently blinds 21-year-old protester

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 14, 2026
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Image: Puppy slayer and Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem; Mark Reinstein / Shutterstock.com

A 21-year-old protester will never see out of his left eye again after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a “nonlethal” round into his face at close range during a demonstration in Santa Ana on January 9. According to the LA Times and other outle…

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