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Bodycam video shows protester getting hit in groin with 40mm projectile

Police were taking rocks and bottles from agitators during the encounter

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September 19, 2020
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LOS ANGELES — Recently released bodycam video from protests in Los Angeles this summer shows LAPD officers take a large protest sign from the hands of a man in a Hollywood intersection, shove him backward as he puts his hands up, then shoot him in the groin with a less-lethal 40mm projectile as he takes a step toward officers.

It should be noted that police were taking rocks and bottles from agitators at the location, according to their radio traffic.

Ben Montemayor, a 28-year-old filmmaker, said he suffered serious injuries to his testicles as a result and was rushed into emergency surgery, he told the Los Angeles Times in the days that followed.

LAPD launched an investigation last month into Montemayor’s incident, citing a June 11 article in the Times about protesters’ alleged injuries by police during several days of demonstrations and unrest in late May and early June.

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Montemayor said he intends to file a lawsuit against LAPD. On Saturday, he referred questions about the video to his attorney, Dan Stormer.

Stormer said Montemayor has filed a notice of claim with the city, a necessary step toward filing suit. The attorney dismissed the Internal Affairs investigation as self-serving.

According to KTLA, the video was released Friday.

 


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