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LA must pay $11.8M to man blinded by police projectile during Dodgers celebration

Nypost · · 437 words · By Associated Press
Police use of force/Crowd control Civil rights/Accountability
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“The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a man who was blinded by a projectile fired into a crowd by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a federal jury ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay $11.8 million to Isaac Castellanos after he was blinded by a police projectile during the 2020 Dodgers World Series celebration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 131st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), and their 63rd season in Los Angeles, California. They played their home games at Dodger Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 135th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 67th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 63rd season playi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 136th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 68th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 64th season playi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_seaso…
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“A federal jury ordered the payment Thursday after a trial brought by 27-year-old Isaac Castellanos, who was in college when he was struck in the face by the projectile while peacefully celebrating in downtown LA early Oct. 28, 2020.”
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Two web search results corroborate that a federal jury ordered payment following a trial brought by Isaac Castellanos, who was struck by a projectile while celebrating in downtown LA on October 28, 2020. One source specifies he was in college.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and concluded on 4…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Javier Botet López (born 30 July 1977) is a Spanish actor. Often cast in creature roles, he portrayed Tristana Medeiros in the REC franchise (2007–2009), the title character in Mama (2013), Set in The…
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“Castellanos was permanently blinded in one eye and filed a federal lawsuit in 2022, alleging excessive use of force.”
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Two web search results confirm that Isaac Castellanos was permanently blinded in one eye and that the case involved a federal jury verdict, aligning with the claim of filing a lawsuit regarding the injury.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 Major League Baseball draft took place on July 17–19, 2022, in Los Angeles. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The draft order was based on the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_dra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 La Liga, also known as La Liga Santander due to sponsorship reasons, was the 92nd season of La Liga, Spain's premier football competition. It commenced on 12 August 2022 and concluded on 4…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_La_Liga
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christian Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the series The Mindy Project (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Messina
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“According to the complaint, Los Angeles Police Department officers advanced toward the crowd and began firing projectiles, also known as “ less lethal” munitions, without warning.”
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Two web search results corroborate the allegation that projectiles were fired without warning. One source specifically mentions the allegation that officers fired projectiles 'indiscriminately, and without warning.'
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web search NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Police Department is facing a lawsuit alleging an officer shot three prominent activists at point-blank range with less-lethal rounds during a protest last summer, it was announced ...
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/04/07/lapd-officer-fired-les…
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web search NEUTRAL — The suit alleges officers fired projectiles into crowds "indiscriminately, and without warning," and that Castellanos' vision loss, which he describes as a blacked-out center, has caused anxiety ...
https://hoodline.com/2026/03/lapd-crowd-control-blast-left-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three prominent activists have filed a lawsuit against the LAPD, claiming an officer shot at them from close range with less-lethal projectiles during a protest last year.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-07/lapd-cri…
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“Less lethal munitions can include rubber bullets and bean bags.”
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The web search results discussing 'Less' are about CSS preprocessors, not munitions. However, the claim itself is a general statement about munitions types, and while the evidence mentions 'less-lethal projectiles' and 'less-lethal munitions,' no source explicitly lists 'rubber bullets and bean bags' as a definitive fact, making corroboration difficult. Given the context of the search results, I cannot confirm this general statement.
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web search NEUTRAL — Less was created in 2009 by Alexis Sellier, more commonly known as @cloudhead. Originally written in Ruby, it was then ported to JavaScript. Less was originally inspired by Sass, with a leaner feature…
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web search NEUTRAL — Less （Leaner Style Sheets 的缩写） 是一门向后兼容的 CSS 扩展语言。这里呈现的是 Less 的官方文档（中文版），包含了 Less 语言以及利用 JavaScript 开发的用于将 Less 样式转换成 CSS 样式的 Less.js 工具。 因为 Less 和 CSS 非常像，因此很容易学习。而且 Less 仅对 CSS 语言增加了少许方便的扩展，这就是 Less …
https://less.bootcss.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Less 扩充了 CSS 语言，增加了诸如变量、混合（mixin）、运算、函数等功能。 Less 既可以运行在服务器端（Node.js 和 Rhino 平台）也可以运行在客户端（浏览器）。
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“Castellanos was a senior at California State University, Long Beach when he was struck, and Alarcon said he had a promising future as a professional esports player before he was blinded.”
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Two web search results corroborate that Isaac Castellanos was a senior at California State University, Long Beach, and that he was pursuing a career as a professional esports player before the incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carl David DeMaio (born September 14, 1974) is an American politician from San Diego, California who is serving in the California State Assembly. A member of the Republican Party, DeMaio represents th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_DeMaio
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyle Daniel Tucker (born January 17, 1997), nicknamed "King Tuck", is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Tucker
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 11, 2025 · Explore how Jewish and Christian traditions interpret the Binding of Isaac (Akedah), from its biblical origins and ritual symbolism to its profound influence in art, liturgy, and interf…
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bi…
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“Just a few weeks before he was hit, he had won first place in a tournament, winning a $40,000 prize with a teammate.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that before the incident, Isaac Castellanos won first place in a tournament and won a $40,000 prize with a teammate.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 Major League Baseball draft took place on July 17–19, 2022, in Los Angeles. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. The draft order was based on the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederic Wood Barnes Jr. (born February 1, 1943) is an American political commentator. He was the executive editor of the defunct news publication The Weekly Standard and regularly appears on the Fox …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Barnes_(journalist)
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“After journalists were hit by projectiles during June protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown since the start of the president’s second term, a federal judge blocked LA police from using rubber bullets and other less lethal munitions against reporters.”
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Two web search results corroborate that after incidents involving projectiles during protests, a federal judge blocked LA police from using rubber projectiles and other munitions against reporters.
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web search NEUTRAL — The protests have put the use of these types of munitions by law enforcement under scrutiny. After journalists were shot, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order that blocked LA police f…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/los-angeles-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Less lethal munitions can include rubber bullets and bean bags. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning a verdict.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/la-must-pay-11-8m-to-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — On June 6, police fired 34 rounds at roughly a hundred demonstrators. But on June 8, when about 6,000 people took to the streets, officers used 1,040 munitions, including 20 CS canisters—a form of tea…
https://sfg.media/en/a/los-angeles-police-used-more-than-a-t…
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“A federal judge in January also issued an injunction against the LAPD blocking the use of 40 mm launchers, a type of less lethal munition, in any crowd control situation.”
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Although the claim describes a specific legal action (injunction against 40 mm launchers in January), the provided evidence search returned zero results, and no corroborating information was found in the provided web or Wikipedia results to confirm this specific injunction.
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“In 2021, California restricted the use of less lethal munitions until alternatives to force have been tried to control a crowd.”
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Although the claim describes a specific legislative restriction in 2021, the provided evidence search returned zero results, and no corroborating information was found in the provided web or Wikipedia results to confirm this specific restriction.
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“Police cannot aim “indiscriminately” into a crowd or at the head, neck or any other vital organs.”
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“They also cannot fire solely for a curfew violation, verbal threats toward officers, or not complying with directions given by law enforcement.”
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