British photographer injured by 'plastic bullet' in LA protests
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James Gregory
BBC News
A British news photographer has undergone emergency surgery after being hit by a non-lethal bullet while documenting the stand-off between police and protesters in the US city of Los Angeles.
Nick Stern was covering the protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday when he said a three-inch "plastic bullet" tore into his thigh.
"There was something hard sticking out of the back of my leg and my leg was getting wet from blood," he told the BBC.
Demonstrations against immigration raids have been raging in LA for three days, with protests on Sunday erupting outside a Home Depot store in Paramount, south of LA.
Stern, originally from Hertfordshire before relocating to the US in 2007, said he had been standing in the middle of the road all day taking photos when at 21:00 local time he was struck by a bullet.
"I suddenly got this terrific pain on my leg," he told the BBC's Three Counties Radio.
"I tried hobbling away [but] I couldn't put any weight on my leg."
He said that up to eight protesters rushed up to him to carry him away from the "danger area" before a medic cut his trousers off, put a pressure pad on the wound and tied a tourniquet.
"From the moment I was hit I felt incredibly faint."
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