MIAMI – A woman who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet during a May 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration is suing the city of Fort Lauderdale and its police department.
LaToya Ratlieff, who was shot by a police officer, filed the civil rights lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday.
Ratlieff suffered severe injuries that required 20 stitches and suffered damage to one of her eyes.
At the time Ratlieff responded to the Interim Chief’s apology.
“On behalf of the men and women of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, I want to express my sincere apology for the experience you have had with our police department,” said Interim Chief Patrick Lynn on Thursday.
“Interim Chief Patrick Lynn gets to give a very, very bland apology for my experience, as if I had a bad dinner at a restaurant. It’s disingenuous, it’s disheartening but if nothing else it’s invigorating,” said Ratlieff.
Michael Davis, an attorney for Ratlieff, said at the time that the police department’s investigation was a sham.
