Originally Posted by KSTP

An anti-war protester who claims he was shot with a police projectile at close range during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul announced Friday that he is planning to sue the city of St. Paul and surrounding areas.

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[Mick] Kelly, 51, of Minneapolis, was carrying a lead banner and went with a group to Cedar and 12th Streets.

"Police on horseback began tearing the banner from the poles. A mounted officer yanked one of the banner poles from my hand. And within a matter of seconds, I was shot," Kelly said. "I went down immediately."

Kelly was hit on the left side of his stomach, and developed a bruise that was about 12 or 14 inches in diameter at its largest, Kelly said. He went to the hospital two days later and learned he suffered no internal bleeding.