Boils on the streets of Los Angeles. Photojournalist shot in the head with a rubber ball

The Toby Canham photojournalist reported protests on Sunday when he was in the center of shelling. – I just stood there and worked, and then suddenly … I mean, I was half aware of the fact that the guy aimed at me or aiming in me, and this thing works so quickly – he says in an interview with CNN. He addsthe next thing he remembers was a blow to the head and falling to the ground.

The man was hit with a rubber ball. A large red trail remained on his foreheadwhich, according to CNN, was still visible on Tuesday. The photojournalist went to the hospital, where it was assessed that fortunately he did not suffer any other injuries.

Protests in Los Angeles. On the part of the services “there was no deadlock”

CNN points out that on Sunday the crowd of protesters was very large, and in the peak it reached up to several thousand. people. Canham reports that There was no impasse on the part of the services. “It was almost like entering straight into the crowd with the tools they had to stop people,” he says. He noted that there were also furious people in the crowd who threw themselves at the police and threw various objects.