#tirado — Public Fediverse posts

@gdinwiddie

#Linda #Tirado
has faced significant health challenges since being injured while covering the #George #Floyd #protests in 2020.

⚠️She was shot in the left eye with a
"less-lethal" round,
resulting in severe injuries,
including a traumatic brain injury.

As of June 2024, she entered hospice care due to her deteriorating condition.

Reports indicate that she is experiencing dementia and has been unable to work since the incident.

Following her injury,
Tirado filed a lawsuit against the Minneapolis Police Department
and received a settlement of $600,000.
-- However, most of this amount has gone towards her medical expenses.

In August 2025, Tirado shared on social media that she is living alone in her home,
indicating a shift in her living situation.

Despite her ongoing health issues,
she continues to engage with her audience and produce journalism.

⭐️Tirado has been recognized for her work,
receiving the
"John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award" in 2020.

Scholarships have also been established in her name to support young journalists,
highlighting her impact on the field

https://substack.com/@lindatirado

@gdinwiddie

#Linda #Tirado
has faced significant health challenges since being injured while covering the #George #Floyd #protests in 2020.

⚠️She was shot in the left eye with a
"less-lethal" round,
resulting in severe injuries,
including a traumatic brain injury.

As of June 2024, she entered hospice care due to her deteriorating condition.

Reports indicate that she is experiencing dementia and has been unable to work since the incident.

Following her injury,
Tirado filed a lawsuit against the Minneapolis Police Department
and received a settlement of $600,000.
-- However, most of this amount has gone towards her medical expenses.

In August 2025, Tirado shared on social media that she is living alone in her home,
indicating a shift in her living situation.

Despite her ongoing health issues,
she continues to engage with her audience and produce journalism.

⭐️Tirado has been recognized for her work,
receiving the
"John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award" in 2020.

Scholarships have also been established in her name to support young journalists,
highlighting her impact on the field

https://substack.com/@lindatirado

A Fighter for the Working Class

Journalist #Linda #Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests.
Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.

♦️It started when Tirado covered a George Floyd protest in Minneapolis in 2020.

♦️She was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a police officer.

♦️While rubber bullets, law enforcement assures us, are nonlethal, the force of a shot can fracture skulls.

♦️Tirado lost her sight in one eye,
and over the last few years the full extent of her injury became clear.

♦️She also had brain damage and it was getting worse.

♦️And now, as her recent co-authored Substack informs us,
“she is dying. Slowly, painfully, and with none of the dignity she’s earned and all of the TBI-induced dementia that’s stealing her limited time left with her kids.”

♦️She’s still with us, however. So we wanted to take this chance to honor her, as she has honored others.

@killermartinis

https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2024-06-21-fighter-working-class-linda-tirado/

A Fighter for the Working Class

Journalist #Linda #Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests.
Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.

♦️It started when Tirado covered a George Floyd protest in Minneapolis in 2020.

♦️She was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a police officer.

♦️While rubber bullets, law enforcement assures us, are nonlethal, the force of a shot can fracture skulls.

♦️Tirado lost her sight in one eye,
and over the last few years the full extent of her injury became clear.

♦️She also had brain damage and it was getting worse.

♦️And now, as her recent co-authored Substack informs us,
“she is dying. Slowly, painfully, and with none of the dignity she’s earned and all of the TBI-induced dementia that’s stealing her limited time left with her kids.”

♦️She’s still with us, however. So we wanted to take this chance to honor her, as she has honored others.

@killermartinis

https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2024-06-21-fighter-working-class-linda-tirado/