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18-year old female protester loses teeth after she was punched in the face by a cop

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An 18-year-old protester was brutally punched in the face by police, knocking out her front teeth, at a Chicago protest calling for the toppling of a Christopher Columbus statue over the weekend.

On Friday at least 1,000 people gathered around a statue in Grant Park where hordes of police clashed with demonstrators deploying pepper spray and beating people with wooden batons in what witnesses described as a ‘bloodiest’ protest so far.

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Activist Miracle Boyd, 18, had just finished addressing the crowd protesting at the statue when she says she got into an argument with an officer.

When she started to record their altercation the cop allegedly took a swing with his left arm and hit her in the face.

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‘My tooth was knocked out. I have lip abrasions in my mouth. My teeth hurt really bad,’ she said to ABC7.

She added the officer smacked her phone out of her hand and she was hit in the face.

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Several videos of that altercation emerged on social media showing Boyd back away from officers before she appeared to get hit in the face and rushed off covering her bloodied mouth.

Boyd, a member of the youth group GoodKids MadCity, said the officers took her phone.

She had graduated from high school last month, was headed to Depaul University in the fall according to a June post by Chicago Public Schools, and was offered an internship with state senator Robert Peters’ office just last week.

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A GoFundMe has been started to raise money for her medical bills.

State Sen. Peters slammed the police aggression towards her tweeting: ‘I’m sad, angry and disgusted.’

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‘She’s someone who fights every day for gun violence prevention, who fights for a safe community. And what did she face? Abuse,’ he said.

Chicago Police say they’re opening an investigation into the incident with Boyd.

‘The Chicago Police Department (CPD) strives to treat all individuals our officers encounter with respect. We do not tolerate misconduct of any kind and if any wrongdoing is discovered, officers will be held accountable,’ the department said in a statement to Buzzfeed News.

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Following the police violence with protesters Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted: ‘I have spoken to the director of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, and she has assured me that @ChicagoCOPA stands ready to address these complaints.’

‘There have also been several reports of excessive force by the police. These are also unacceptable,’ she added.

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