A federal jury awarded $11.8 million to Isaac Castellanos, a 22-year-old who was permanently blinded in one eye when LAPD fired a foam projectile into his face during the Dodgers' 2020 World Series celebration downtown. The lawsuit alleged excessive force — officers fired from 145 feet away despite department policy requiring close-range use, causing the projectile to rise to eye level. The verdict closes a nearly six-year legal battle and comes as the LAPD faces multiple lawsuits over its use of less-lethal weapons against crowds. The department has since been restricted by court order from using certain launcher types but continues deploying other crowd control weapons at protests.