Editor’s Note: Tee Fansofa and Ayotunde Ikuku use the pronouns they, them and theirs.

An activist needs several medical procedures following severe injuries from rubber bullets and tear gas can from Los Angeles protests.

Tee Fansofa was reportedly at the intersection of J and 21st streets on May 30 at around 11:30 p.m. when the Sacramento, California activist was hit with a tear gas canister and six rubber bullets, three of them to the head, by police trying to disperse the crowd, according to FOX40.