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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawyer: Vet Reaches $4.5M Settlement With Oakland
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawyer-vet-reaches-45m-settlement-oakland-23004921An Iraq War veteran whose skull was fractured during an Occupy Oakland protest when he was hit by a beanbag round fired by police has reached a $4.5 million agreement to settle a federal lawsuit with the city of Oakland, his lawyers and city officials announced Friday.
Scott Olsen, 26, sued the city in 2012 for medical expenses and injuries that also included a fractured vertebrae and hemorrhaging of the brain. Olsen was among more than 1,000 demonstrators protesting the police clearing of an Occupy Oakland encampment when struck by a beanbag fired by an officer outside City Hall on Oct. 25, 2011.
Olsen, who served two tours of duty as a U.S. Marine in Iraq, suffered permanent brain injuries and has not been able to return to his career as a computer systems administrator, his attorney Rachel Lederman said Friday. Olsen's lawyers said police investigators concluded he was struck by the round that was fired by an officer less than 30 feet away during the 2011 clash.
"We're pleased that Scott is finally going to be getting some compensation for this really devastating injury," Lederman said. "He sustained some pretty serious brain damage resulting from being shot at a very close range."
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Lawyer: Vet Reaches $4.5M Settlement With Oakland (Original Post)
steve2470
Mar 2014
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Logical
(22,457 posts)1. Good, fucking cops should have to pay the money. n-t
roody
(10,849 posts)2. I'm sure he would rather have his old neck and head back.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)3. absolutely, some things money cannot replace nt