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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters

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By:Jon Schuppe · Natasha Korecki
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used less lethal weapons in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, unless they believed their lives were in danger, NBC News found.

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Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

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Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

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Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Patience Zalanga for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Antonio Perez

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Victor J. Blue

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Abigail Olmeda; AP

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Alec Bertrand

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Vincent Hawkins

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

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Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© James Hotchkiss

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Alex Kormann

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Patience Zalanga for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 
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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters

✇NBC News Technology
By:Jon Schuppe · Natasha Korecki
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used less lethal weapons in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, unless they believed their lives were in danger, NBC News found.

© Patience Zalanga for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

©

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© AP; Getty Images

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Patience Zalanga for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Antonio Perez

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Victor J. Blue

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Abigail Olmeda; AP

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Alec Bertrand

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Courtesy Vincent Hawkins

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Getty Images; Jim Vondruska for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© James Hotchkiss

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Alex Kormann

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 

© Patience Zalanga for NBC News

Leon Virden felt a duty to protest a DHS killing, and ended up injured by a "less lethal" weapon. 
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Body camera footage and texts reveal details of Border Patrol shooting of Chicago woman

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By:Daniella Silva · Natasha Korecki · Selina Guevara
In body camera video from immediately before the shooting of Marimar Martinez, agents inside a vehicle have their weapons drawn, and one is heard saying, “It’s time to get aggressive.”

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Texts between agents referring to the shooting of Marimar Martinez.

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Texts between agents referring to the shooting of Marimar Martinez.
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