Portland Nurse's Eye vs. ICE's Silver Dart: Spoiler, Eyes Lose
KEY POINTS
- â˘Vincent Hawkins, 55-year-old Portland ER nurse, was hit in the face by a tear gas canister in June 2025.
- â˘The projectile shattered his glasses, caused serious eye injury, and left him with dizziness and vertigo.
- â˘Federal agents, led by Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, have increasingly used rubber bullets and pepper balls on protesters nationwide.
- â˘Experts say many attacks violate federal guidelines and may constitute criminal misconduct with excessive use of force.
On a mid-2025 Portland afternoon, Vincent Hawkins, a 55-year-old ER nurse with 25 years of emergency room battles under his belt, swapped triage for activism. Wearing what he called glasses but ended up being 'eye armor,' Vincent yelled through a megaphone at ICE agents firing smoke grenades like party poppers on steroids. Seconds later, a tear gas canister (yes, a silver one designed by Wyomingâs Defense Technology, which dramatises 'THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH') bounced off his face, shattered his spectacles, bruised his eye socket, and nearly gifted him a lifelong monocular view. Meanwhile, officials claim they practice 'incredible restraint' while hurling rubber bullets and pepper balls at protesters' heads, spines, and even groins in LA, Oakland, and Chicagoâscenes so wild theyâd make a federal judge frown like a cat being shown a cucumber. Despite scientists warning over 100,000 tear gas injuries and 14 deaths since 2015, Homeland Security insists CBP and ICE agents just kindly de-escalate while chasing 'murderers, rapists, and gang members.' Sure thing, Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol generalissimo of aggressive roundups who turns peaceful protests into impromptu pepper ball carnivals.
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Nice going, ICE: incapacitating a 55-year-old ER nurse with a tear gas canister like a malfunctioning paintball gun at a daycare. De-escalation must mean âblow-face-firstâ now.
Nothing says public safety like firing military-grade canisters at nurses and pastorsâbecause crowd control clearly means crowd casualty.
When your boss says 'minimum force,' but your idea of minimum force is a flying silver grenade politely smashing glasses off faces.
Source: Propublica | Published: 11/25/2025 | Author: A.C. Thompson
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