A black American woman blinded by a rubber bullet when police opened fire during a protest told Good Morning Britain she had "no regrets".
Nia Love was participating in a Black Lives matter demonstration in Sacramento, California, when she was struck by the projectile.
It comes as the UK Government faces possible legal action over exports of riot control equipment to US authorities amid concerns about police brutality following a wave of protests sparked by George Floyd’s death.
Rubber bullets were first developed by British authorities to be used against protesters in Northern Ireland.
Speaking on GMB this morning, Ms Love said that the protest on May 29 had gone off peaceful for a number of hours before unrest broke out.
"Then there was something that happened that kind of agitated the crowd and so they sent more police out.
"They sent like, I would say, 20 more police officers out and then the crowd was actually saying 'hands up, don't shoot' and I was actually walking away, I was walking towards the sidewalk and I turned around to see where my brother was at and that's when it hit me."
She said she would have to change her entire life as a result of the injury.
Ms Love was asked whether she regretted attending the protest. She replied: "No, I don't regret it at all."
Meanwhile, British lawyers have sent a pre-action protocol letter, the first step in a potential High Court challenge, to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss in a bid to stop sales of equipment including CS gas, tear gas and rubber bullets.
The letter, sent on Tuesday, asks Ms Truss to confirm whether a decision has been made over the suspension of licences which allow firms to export such equipment to the US and, if not, to urgently suspend all licences.
It also sets out potential grounds for a legal challenge if the Government refuses to suspend export licences, stating that lawyers will argue such a decision would be unlawful.
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