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Police used tear gas, pepper spray, flash grenades, and pepper-spray projectiles on protesters in Los Angeles .
The use of these weapons can result in respiratory problems, head injuries, and even death.
In the United States , police force of all types results in 75,000 nonfatal injuries requiring hospital treatment and 600 to 1,100 deaths every year .
There have been cases of rubber bullets causing blindness, traumatic brain injury, and disfigurement.
Around 3 percent of people hit by rubber bullets died from the resulting injury.
15 percent of the 1,984 people studied were permanently injured.
At least 115 people suffered head injuries when law enforcement officers shot them with rubber and plastic bullets during the first two months of US protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd .
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