WATCH: LA cop shoots reporter, seemingly on purpose, with rubber bullet

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Keely Goodall

10 June 2025 | 11:28

A video of a police officer appearing to intentionally shoot a rubber bullet at a reporter in Los Angeles is going viral.

WATCH: LA cop shoots reporter, seemingly on purpose, with rubber bullet

Police in riot gear advance past protesters lying in the street outside the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Santa Ana Field Office after reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Santa Ana, California, on June 9, 2025. Picture: AFP

A video showing an officer in Los Angeles shooting a reporter with a rubber bullet is going viral.

The Channel Nine reporter, Lauren Tomasi, was reporting on the mass protests taking place in LA.

In the video, the officer can be seen turning towards her and intentionally shooting her in the leg.

The reporter was in no way participating or involved in the protest and did not approach the officer before he shot at her.

In a follow-up video, she says she was following all of the instructions from the police and moved right to the side, away from the chaos.

“There really was not anything going on around her.”
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