Occupy Wall Street: Report Criticizes Police Response To Oakland Protests In 2010

[shawn703]

Source: Huffington Post

April 30 (Reuters) - Oakland police used "an overwhelming military-type response" to disperse Occupy Oakland demonstrators and fired at a former Marine and Iraq war veteran who was critically injured in the clashes in October, according to a report issued on Monday.

The report by an outside monitor of the Oakland Police Department came one day before anti-Wall Street protesters plan nationwide rallies on May 1, with Occupy Oakland demonstrators vowing to take over San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

Oakland's police practices came under intense scrutiny last year when former Marine Scott Olsen was critically injured during a demonstration in October. Protesters said he was hit in the head by a tear gas canister.

The report concludes, for the first time from an official source, that police did fire at and hit Olsen that evening. An Oakland Police Department SWAT team member fired a beanbag round at Olsen, striking him in the head, according to the report.

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[sabrina 1]

1. A bit late isn't it? And they nearly killed another Veteran also. Not to mention all the civilians

they brutally attacked. And why do we still not know the name of the criminals who nearly killed Scott Olsen and Sabhegi the other veteran whose spleen was ruptured by thugs in robo cop gear?? Who were they, it's months later and still no accounting for those brutal attempted murders?

And what about that mayor? She unleashed this fury on her citizens, I hope she is held accountable also.

[RainbowSuperfund]

2. My feelings exactly Sabrina 1. I want names and prosecutions.

These officers make me feel unsafe as a citizen of CA. I don't want to pay them for that, so at the very least I need to see them removed from their jobs.