A woman who alleges she was struck by a law enforcement projectile during last year’s contentious protest at La Mesa police headquarters is suing the city, San Diego County and the officers allegedly involved.
Michelle Horton alleges in a complaint filed Friday in San Diego federal court that she was standing on the corner of Spring Street and University Avenue on May 30 when “out of the blue,” a group of officers drove by and shot her in the chest with a rubber bullet, “causing serious physical injury, pain and suffering, and humiliation.