A Huntington Beach accountant who was shot in the head with a “less lethal” projectile at anti-ICE protest in Santa Ana is seeking $50 million from the county of Orange.

Tony Olson, 41, said he was trying to leave the June 9 protest after sheriff’s deputies and Santa Ana police officers began firing the projectiles into the crowd. He was hit on the side of the head, cracking his skull and causing a traumatic brain injury. Olson, through attorney V. James DeSimone, filed a damage claim against the county, which typically leads to a lawsuit.

A separate claim seeking unspecified damages was filed against the city of Santa Ana.

“I never imagined I would be injured for exercising my civil rights,” said Olson, a controller at a real estate investment firm and a CPA, during a news conference

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