Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz held a hearing on the threat antifa poses to this country.
This is not the first time this bit of information has been noted.
.@HomelandKen says that out of 277 injuries to law enforcement officers from rioters, 113 have been eye injuries from lasers. pic.twitter.com/ez2MC0YmTr
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 4, 2020
That is 40% of all officer injuries were laser eye injuries.
Laser eye injuries are permanent. The laser burns the retina, causing partial to total vision loss. A laser pointer of only a couple of hundred milliwatts can cause permanent eye damage in fractions of a second.
The general standard for the legal use of deadly force is to defend against “death or grave bodily harm.”
I would absolutely consider permanent injury by having your retinas burned with a laser to be grave bodily harm.