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26 Oct 2011 20:12

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Politics: Scott Olsen, Iraq war vet and Oakland occupier, in critical condition

  • last night Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran, attended Occupy Oakland. The OPD battled that crowd with, among other things, rubber projectiles. One such projectile hit Olsen in the head, sending him to the hospital.
  • tonight Olsen is in critical condition, suffering from brain swelling as a result of the impact. This is a lesson in “non-lethal” weapons; things like tasers and rubber bullets can, in fact, end lives. Our thoughts are with Olsen tonight. source
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26 Oct 2011 14:27

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U.S.: Occupy Oakland, after a chaotic night, expected to return tonight

 

  • There were trash cans on fire. Some people got knocked unconscious from the flash-bangs and tear gas. I saw one girl being carried over a guy’s shoulder, and he was trying to find a paramedic, but there just weren’t any around.
  • Oakland resident Tony Santiago • Giving his first-hand account of the scene in downtown Oakland last night, as the Oakland Police Department (as you probably already know) raided and dispersed some 1,000 protesters in the Occupy movement. The police had denied using such things as flash-bang grenades and rubber munitions, but thanks to eyewitness accounts, amateur video, and work by professional journalists, such denials have been shown to be untrue. Occupy Oakland is expected to return for protests at 6:00 PM tonight, and with last night’s grisly scenes still fresh in their memory it’s anybody’s guess how they’ll react — especially if/when the OPD descends on them once again. (Editor’s note: The source story was written by Seth Millstein, a SFB writer who also writes for The Daily.) source
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