Trump Protester Shot in Genitals by Phoenix Police Sues After Facebook Posts
On August 22, 2017, Phoenix police officers and anti-Trump protesters clashed outside the Phoenix Convention Center, where President Donald Trump was giving a speech. The protest started out peacefully, but things turned violent after police fired tear gas and pepper-spray bullets into the crowd.
In the scuffle, police hurled a tear gas canister toward Scottsdale man Josh Cobin and other protesters. Cobin kicked it back. Then, police shot him in the groin with a pepper ball. Cobin fell to the ground in pain.
Cobin was featured prominently when screenshots of Phoenix police officers' questionable Facebook posts surfaced last month. At least eight Phoenix cops publicly mocked Cobin in posts calling him "pepperballs" and celebrating the officer who shot him.
"It was a projectile the size of a golf ball that was shot at 220 miles an hour from a distance of 20 yards ... at my groin," Cobin said. "It was humiliating, and then to see Phoenix police officers posting about it and mocking me was even worse."
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