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Posted on 01/16/2026 7:16:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A 21-year-old college student who said he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a Southern California protest said he faces a drastically different life now.
Kaden Rummler said in an interview that he was in agonizing pain and underwent an extensive six-hour surgery to his left eye after he was injured at a Jan. 9 protest over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Rummler said he has no depth perception and can no longer drive. Shards of metal and a nickel-sized piece of plastic remain lodged in his skull, his attorney said, and he is considering suing.
“It’s going to affect every aspect of my life,” said Rummler, who hopes to pursue a career in forestry.
A second demonstrator at the same protest outside a federal immigration building in Orange County told the Los Angeles Times he was also blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by federal agents. Britain Rodriguez, 31, said he was standing on steps outside the immigration building when he was struck in the face.
“I remember hitting the ground and feeling like my eye exploded in my head,” Rodriguez told the newspaper.
The Department of Homeland Security didn’t respond to questions from The Associated Press about what type of projectile was used. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the agency, said in an emailed statement this week that the protesters were violent and that two officers were injured but didn’t specify the extent of their injuries. DHS said one demonstrator was taken to the hospital with a cut. McLaughlin confirmed to the Times that was a reference to Rummler and called his injury claims “absurd.”
Rummler has been charged with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. One...
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protester? I saw the video.. he was charing them while they were arresting someone.
He FA and FO.
Then don’t riot.
I do believe Kaden is of questionable gender
No sympathy here.
The “it” should be thankful he wasn’t shot in the head instead.
Idiots...the whole lot of em....
Exactly.
Agreed.
Correct.
My thoughts exactly.
FAFO
I do believe Kaden is of questionable gender
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If I came home with my eye blown off because of a riot that I was in, my dad would have hit the roof.
If I came home with both eyes and said that I was now a new sex, my dad would have hit the roof.
In 1979 you just didn’t do those things.
He’s got an eye for trouble.
I heard this pussy being interviewed today. It was repulsive. Our society seems to be full of people who have no idea that running over law enforcement with cars or charging them can get you shot and even killed.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
His pronouns are cy / clops
Tough.
Or queen in this case.
She probably is a pupil of communism.
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