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- ↑ Tirado, Linda (29 May 2020). "Hey folks, took a tracer found to the face (I think, given my backpack) and am headed into surgery to see if we can save my left eye". @KillerMartinis. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ↑ Tirado, Linda (30 May 2020). "I hat we think happened is I took a rubber bullet to the face". @KillerMartinis. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ↑ "A Reporter's Cry on Live TV: 'I'm Getting Shot! I'm Getting Shot!'". The New York Times . 30 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ↑ Tirado, Linda (30 May 2020). "No worries, I've been back at work for five hours now. My job is to witness and they only got my left eye. My right one is good to go". @KillerMartinis. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ Webster, Tony (26 May 2022). "Minneapolis settles lawsuit with Linda Tirado, journalist blinded in one eye during May 2020 unrest". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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