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After An MPD Less-Lethal Round Took Her Eye In 2020, Journalist Invests Part Of Her Settlement Into Community
She was in Minneapolis in 2020 to cover the civil unrest. This spring, she was awarded $600,000 from the city in a settlement.
August 16, 2022
A permanent injury from the 2020 riots landed a journalist with a big payment from the city of Minneapolis, but she's not keeping the settlement for herself.
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Linda Tirado, a freelance journalist from Tennessee, uses a walker because she gets dizzy spells ever since an officer's less-lethal round hit her in the eye.
She was in Minneapolis in 2020 to cover the civil unrest. This spring, she was awarded $600,000 from the city in a settlement.
Find out what's happening in Across Minnesotafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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