NEW: Rev. Bautista spoke with
@haydenroyster.bsky.social about his harrowing experience being shot in the face with a pepper round by IVE.
“I immediately felt burning pain,” he said. “I was in shock, disoriented and terrified that I might stop breathing altogether.”
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At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round
OAKLAND, Calif. (RNS) — For the second time in six weeks, a pastor was struck in the head with a pepper round fired by a US immigration agent as faith leaders protested the arrival of more than 100 US...
Oh wow:
"During the fracas, a federal agent fired a pepper round that struck a (UCC) clergyman, Jorge Bautista, near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder. Bautista said the agent shot him in the face from about 5 feet away."
"'I’m in a lot of pain,'" Bautista texted…"