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Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 00:44:54 JST Steve Herman

Freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, the recipient of the National Press Club's 2020 domestic John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, is dying and has entered hospice care as a result of injuries sustained during her coverage of the Minneapolis protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd. https://www.press.org/newsroom/club-urges-members-donate-aubuchon-winners-hospice-care
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  Club urges members to donate for Aubuchon winner's hospice care
  
  The National Press Club is grieved to learn that freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, the recipient of the Club's 2020 domestic John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, is dying and has entered hospice care as a result of injuries sustained during her coverage of the Minneapolis protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd. Club President Emily Wilkins is in contact with Linda and working on a way to honor her legacy. Club members are encouraged to make a donation to Linda to cover the costs of hospice care. Donations can be sent through Venmo (Linda-Tirado-3), PayPal (Bootstrapindustries@gmail) and Zelle (806.433.6075). Linda Tirado “We send our love and admiration to Linda Tirado, a freelance photojournalist, who we learned today has entered a hospice in Tennessee. We are also sending some funding to support the costs of her care," Wilkins said in a Tuesday statement, urging Club members to consider making their own donations. “Linda’s husband is doing his best to cover the bills for her care, but they have to support two children as well." While photographing the Minneapolis protests, Linda sustained a traumatic brain injury from a "non-lethal" foam plastic bullet fired by police that cost her one eye. That injury, and the dementia she developed as a result, have steadily worsened. "The only thing that matters to me lately is the moment that I’m inhabiting, the endless thirsty need to feel for as long as I can. That is death, that is knowing that your time is truly limited instead of the dull knowledge that we all die some time," Linda wrote in a June 13 Substack post. "You feel it coming, when you’re lucky enough to have time to fix your affairs. You start to think about your decline and how much you’ve lost since yesterday, how many minutes you wasted with silly bullshit and not truly living." Linda sued the Minneapolis Police Department and received a settlement of $600,000 which has mostly been absorbed in medical fees. She has been unable to work or earn an income since the incident. Linda talked to Update-1, the Club's podcast, in August 2022 about covering civil unrest.
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  mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 01:15:40 JST mark
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  @w7voa injuries? That a hell of a way to say she was shit in the face. Adding that these non lethal (heh) bullets are never supposed to be shot directly at heads yet police ALWAYS do it, that's the real story.
  Someone is dieing because ACAB. Tell the damned truth
  
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  mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 04:15:20 JST mark
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  @SallyStrange @w7voa I find it cute that auto correct for me moves to the i
  
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  Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 04:15:21 JST Sally Strange
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  @ATLeagle @w7voa *shot (sorry, can't help copy editing)
  
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  mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 04:16:34 JST mark
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  @log @w7voa we constantly see pictures of these things aiming level . They know what they're doing. And of course, no one ever gets a reprimand, or punishment for attempted murder
  
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  Log 🪵 (log@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 04:16:35 JST Log 🪵
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  @ATLeagle @w7voa The design for the style of ammunition is to ricochet the round off of terrain into the legs. As used--from the spotty statistics we have available, due to there being no standards for recording deployment--the rounds are 3% lethal, with 15% of hits [resulting in medical care] causing a permanent disability. (British Medical Journal, 2017)
  The ones using these rounds *know* they can cause permanent injury with certain aim points. In the US, they are *counting on it*.
  
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