Man shot in the head with ‘less-than-lethal’ round at California ICE protest was victim of excessive force, lawsuit claims

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on an Orange County accountant who was shot in the side of the head with a less-than-lethal launcher while walking away from law enforcement at a Santa Ana protest last summer, according to a newly filed civil rights lawsuit.

Tony Lawrence Olson suffered a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury when a law enforcement officer shot him with a 40mm less-lethal projectile from a 12-gauge launcher in the midst of a June 9 protest...