Protester hit in face by police rubber bullet wants answers.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- LaToya Ratlieff remembers the blood spilling from her head, covering her clothes, the car ride from a stranger to the hospital and the 20 stitches sewn into her head after being shot in the face by a police officer with a rubber bullet during a Fort Lauderdale protest.
Ratlieff sat down with The Associated Press for an interview Friday, nearly two weeks after a photo of her injured face went viral. Twenty-four hours after the incident, the haunting selfie documented her purple right eye swollen shut, her left eye puffy and half open and a thick bandage wrapped around her forehead. She is seeing specialists to assess whether there's long-term damage from the cranial fracture.
Fort Lauderdale Police did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Friday. Ratlieff said someone from the department’s internal affairs contacted her last week, but it was literally too painful to speak. A Fort Lauderdale police officer was suspended for an incident during that same protest after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground. Angry protesters responded by throwing bottles. The officer’s colleagues quickly pushed him away from the woman and down the street.
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