You Shot Her!

She wasn’t holding a sign. She wasn’t chanting slogans. She wasn’t part of any protest. She was trying to get home.

In a now-viral video recorded by TikTok user @labyrinthlore, a woman is seen approaching a line of Los Angeles Police Department officers blocking off an intersection. She walks slowly. Calmly. There is no visible threat. Then—without warning—one of the officers fires. The woman doubles over, shot at point-blank range with a rubber bullet.

She had said nothing. She posed no danger. Her hands were visible. She was trying to pass through to her residence. We know this because the moment she’s hit, she stumbles back and cries out, “I live here, I live here.” You can hear her voice shaking with pain and disbelief.

It’s not just the brutality that’s infuriating. It’s the complete absence of basic humanity.

Seconds after she’s shot, the woman recording the video runs across the street to help. She begins administering first aid from her backpack, kneeling on the pavement beside the woman—who is sobbing uncontrollably. That woman’s name has not yet been released, but a friend of hers commented on a repost of the video by The Tennessee Holler, saying she was “okay, but absolutely stunned.”

What did LAPD do in response? They honked their horns. They shouted at both women to move. They offered no aid. No apology. They didn’t even ask if she was alright.

According to reporting from the Latin Times, The Tennessee Holler, and Alexandria’s original TikTok, the officers did not offer medical attention. They just stood there. Horns blaring. Rubber bullet casings still warm.

This wasn’t a chaotic melee. It wasn’t a panicked misunderstanding. It was a calm moment punctuated by unprovoked violence. The kind of casual cruelty that signals the worst kind of authoritarian rot: the kind that doesn’t need a reason.

The woman’s identity remains unknown, and the officer who fired has not been named. LAPD has said nothing about opening an investigation. Not a word about who was responsible. Not even a passing mention in their official press releases.

Let’s be clear: shooting a civilian in the chest or abdomen with a rubber bullet at close range can kill. According to a comprehensive study in the BMJ medical journal, 3% of people shot with these so-called "less-lethal" rounds died, and 15% suffered permanent disabilities. These rounds are not designed to be fired within a few feet. And yet here we are—again—watching cops treat them like toys and human beings like obstacles.

“I live here,” she said.

And what did LAPD say in return?

Boom.

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