ICE protester says he was seriously injured by rubber bullet shot to the groin
by: Lily Dallow
Posted: Jun 15, 2025 / 04:26 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 15, 2025 / 04:26 PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A man who was out protesting against ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles this week spoke with Nexstar’s KTLA after he says an officer’s close-range shot to his groin with a rubber bullet severely bruised one of his testicles and “shattered” the other.
“It sucks to sit down,” the 33-year-old demonstrator, Martin Santoyo, told KTLA.
Santoyo, who is now home from the hospital but still in recovery and unable to walk, said the incident happened on Monday in the area of Temple Street, just after he got off his bicycle within the crowd of protesters and law enforcement. He noted that before this happened, he did not hear any officers declaring an “unlawful gathering.”
He told KTLA that he was grabbing a water bottle from his backpack when authorities started pushing forward toward the group.
https://www.borderreport.com/news/ice-protester-says-he-was-seriously-injured-by-rubber-bullet-shot-to-the-groin/