A British photographer was forced to undergo emergency surgery after being shot by police in Los Angeles while taking pictures of the anti-ICE protests currently gripping the US.
Nick Stern, 60, from Hertford, had been snapping images of a stand-off between protestors and armed police in the Californian city when a 14mm 'sponge bullet' pierced his thigh.
The photographer, who emigrated to the US in 2007, had rushed to the area following reports that protests had broken out in response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement mobilising large raid operations in the city's Paramount area.
Mr Stern said he had been 'making a point as making myself visible as media' before the bullet struck him and plunged him into a state of unconsciousness.
'I felt this horrific shooting pain impacting my leg. I felt down immediately and felt this large lump … protesters came to help and I was just saying, 'Sit me down, sit me down'… then I blacked out', he told The Times.
