Canberra, June 10 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government has spoken with the U.S. administration about the shooting of an Australian reporter with rubber bullets in Los Angeles.
Television news reporter Lauren Tomasi was covering the ongoing protests in Los Angeles for Australia's Nine Network News on Sunday local time when she was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet fired by a police officer in the city's downtown district.
Albanese on Tuesday described the footage of the incident, which was published by Nine and showed the officer taking aim towards Tomasi and firing, as "horrific."
"I spoke with Lauren this morning. She's going OK. She's pretty resilient," he said.
"We have already raised these issues ...