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Minutes later, the plaintiffs say, the FLPD fired canisters of tear gas and at least 100 rubber and foam bullets shot from guns that have muzzle velocities similar to live ammunition. One protester, LaToya Ratlieff, was hit just above her right eye with a 40-millimeter projectile fired apparently by FLPD Officer Eliezer Ramos, sustaining severe injuries, court records show. Ratlieff individually sued Fort Lauderdale in 2022, alleging civil rights violations and negligent use of direct impact munitions, among other counts. "I may have suffered some of the worst injuries of anyone who attended the protest, but I wasn't the only one who was harmed or had their rights violated," Ratlieff said during Monday's press conference. "If you were forced to leave the protest because of tear gas and rubber bullets, your rights were violated." Ratlieff added that Fort Lauderdale not only has decided to defend its "outrageous and illegal behavior" but also not to correct it. She said "every single person" who was at the protest four years ago should join the lawsuit, and that only way to change the FLPD's ways is to force it through the courts. Evan Ross, a spokesman for the plaintiffs, told Law360 on Monday that the city hasn't taken any action as a result of the protests or what happened to Ratlieff. "Shooting someone in the head with that type of round is considered lethal," Ross said. Proposed class representative Jackson, who has four children, said at the press conference that she attended the protest to "advocate for positive change" but got tear-gassed instead. At the press conference, Gabelus said he helped a "woman that was shot" during the protest and brought her to the hospital. The woman he helped was Ratlieff. Gabelus added that the lawsuit is about accountability that the FLPD doesn't want. Representatives for the defendants declined to comment on Monday. The protesters are represented by Michael T. Davis, Benedict P. Kuehne, and Johan D. Dos Santos of Kuehne Davis Law PA and Stuart N. Ratzan, Stuart J. Weissman, and Kimberly L. Boldt of Ratzan Weissman & Boldt. Counsel information for the defendants was not immediately available on Monday. The case is Jackson et al. v. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, et al., case number 0:24-cv-60935, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.