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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Homeless Idaho man paralysed after being shot by police trying to evict him from living in public forest

US Forest Service

"I’m sorry," the man said, lying shirtless and bloodied in the Idaho mud near his empty wheelchair. "I did what he said, put the gun down... he just took his shot. I didn’t know you guys were cops."

On 19 May, a multi-agency police raid in Idaho to evict a homeless family for misdemeanour charges of overstaying on public forest land took a disastrous turn, with police shooting Brooks Roberts over 10 times, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

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