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Pregnant St. Louis woman loses left eye after police officer shoots non-lethal round at car

By Michael Walsh November 28, 2014 12:41 PM Yahoo News

Pregnant St. Louis Woman Loses Eye After Police Fire Non-lethal Round

 

A pregnant St. Louis woman lost her left eye after a violent run-in with law enforcement earlier this week.

Dornnella Conners says an officer fired a non-lethal bean-bag round at the car she was in – shattering the passenger side window.

Shards of glass bloodied her face and robbed her of sight in her left eye, according to reports.

“I will have justice for what they did to me but I’m happy I’m alive,” she wrote on Facebook on Thanksgiving.

Conners was injured early Tuesday morning shortly after the announcement that Darren Wilson would not be indicted in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Crowds of demonstrators had taken to the streets to protest what they consider a travesty of justice.

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Dornnella Conner says her left eye had to be removed after a police officer shot a non-lethal bean b …

Conners, who was angry about the grand jury’s decision, and her boyfriend, De’Angelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners told the CBS affiliate.

That’s when an officer fired the bean bag round because he feared for his safety, police said.

Conners found another officer who could help her get medical attention.

Dornella’s father, Donnell Conners, says he understands that the cops have a difficult job to do but there was no excuse for what happened to his daughter.

“I’m very upset, very disappointed with tactics that they used trying to get control of situation,” he told KMOV. “I understand tough job, I understand that it was chaos, there was no reason to fire upon innocent person sitting in a vehicle.”

Conners says her left eye was so badly damaged that it needed to be removed and reports blurriness in her right eye but is thankful she can still see the world at all.

Police say they arrested 16 suspects at the station after gunshots were reportedly fired.

Authorities have issued a warrant for Lee’s arrest, according to reports.

 



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http://news.yahoo.com/pregnant-st--louis-woman-left-eye-blind-ferguson-174119853.html

 



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That's unfortunate that she was injured like that. BUT. It's likely that her b/f was up to mischief or they both were, now she will be a rich woman.

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What's the problem? It was a non-lethal weapon. Isnt that what everyone wants?

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Yeah at least thwy arent dead.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Yeah at least thwy arent dead.

Pregnant woman, out at 2 am.

Why?confuse

I wouldn't have been. Just wondering. 



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If she sues anyone, it should be the company that made the car window glass. It's SUPPOSED to shatter into hundreds of little pellets that have no sharp edges.

My driver's side window glass was shattered by a stone once, and there was nothing sharp. Just LOTS of little glass beads about 1/3 inch in diameter.



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Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Yeah at least thwy arent dead.

Pregnant woman, out at 2 am.

Why?confuse

I wouldn't have been. Just wondering. 

Rioting, riding around with her guy while he shot up the town. 

The cops stopped their car for a reason.



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If I was out at 2 when I was pregnant it was because I had an incredible craving or I was running to the store for something for a sick kid.



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lilyofcourse wrote:

If I was out at 2 when I was pregnant it was because I had an incredible craving or I was running to the store for something for a sick kid.

I doubt that anything would have gotten you out at night during a riot, except maybe being in labor. 



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True.

Or maybe a serious craving.

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ed11563 wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Yeah at least thwy arent dead.

Pregnant woman, out at 2 am.

Why?confuse

I wouldn't have been. Just wondering. 

Rioting, riding around with her guy while he shot up the town. 

The cops stopped their car for a reason.

The cops didn't stop their car.  It was parked at a gas station.  She was just sitting in the car.  I don't know what the boyfriend was doing or where he was at that moment--but she wasn't doing anything wrong at the time and we don't know that he was.   



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The cops didn't stop their car.  It was parked at a gas station.  She was just sitting in the car.  I don't know what the boyfriend was doing or where he was at that moment--but she wasn't doing anything wrong at the time and we don't know that he was.   

"As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners told the CBS affiliate."

 



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ed11563 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

The cops didn't stop their car.  It was parked at a gas station.  She was just sitting in the car.  I don't know what the boyfriend was doing or where he was at that moment--but she wasn't doing anything wrong at the time and we don't know that he was.   

"As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners told the CBS affiliate."

 

 From the article:

 

 were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.



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ed11563 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

The cops didn't stop their car.  It was parked at a gas station.  She was just sitting in the car.  I don't know what the boyfriend was doing or where he was at that moment--but she wasn't doing anything wrong at the time and we don't know that he was.   

"As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners told the CBS affiliate."

 

 From the article:

 

 were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

Did you somehow miss the next two lines?

"Conners, who was angry about the grand jury’s decision, and her boyfriend, De’Angelas Lee, were parked at a BP gas station on New Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, just north of Ferguson, KMOV reported.

As her boyfriend started to drive away, she says, several police officers arrived.

“They pulled up while we were coming towards the street, De’Anglas was trying to get away, they blocked us from the side, front and back,” Conners told the CBS affiliate."



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Don't forget they have issued a warrant for the boyfriend's arrest. This wasn't an innocent situation she was in.

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She's lucky they aren't dead. Count yer lucky stars.

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