Unbelievable, Must-See Video: Heroic Navy Sailor Stands Tall In the Middle of Oakland Tear Gas Fires

[dd2003]

Here he is a couple of minutes before, standing with marine veteran Scott Olsen before Olsen was hit in the head and nearly killed by a projectile:

In fact, retired members from every branch of the military support the protesters.

And even active service members are starting to come out to support them.

Note: By comparing the video above with prior videos of Scott Olsen's shooting, I believe that video experts should be able to confirm the identity of the shooter and the guy who threw the tear gas canister in the middle of the group trying to rescue Scott Olsen.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/unbelievable-must-see-video-heroic-navy-sailor-stands-tall-middle-oakland-tear-gas-fires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7LGatIq70c&feature=player_embedded

[dd2003]

1. sorry

i dont know how to put the videos in the posts

[Tx4obama]

2. Well there is only one place on DU that you can actually embed them into a post

and that would be over in the DU Political Videos forum, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=385

In all the other forums, like General Discussion etc, you have to just copy and paste a link into the OP and people can click on the link.

If you post a video in the DU Political Videos forum, it will ask you for the YouTube URL and the title of what you want the subject line to say.

Hope that helps :)


And welcome to DU :)

[Downwinder]

3. Give that man a medal! n/t

[BlueCaliDem]

4. I'm still heartbroken about what happened to Scott Olsen, and this brave American

brought real tears to my eyes. OMG, he should get a medal of courage and or honor. There he stands, holding up a copy of the Constitution of the United States; unafraid and proud.

How can anyone keep a dry eye after seeing this footage?

[dd2003]

5. most powerful video i have seen

of the ows movement, now posted in pv section

[Downwinder]

7. Ranks with the Tank Man. n/t

[Kaleko]

6. Flashpoint.

This could be it.

This may just be the trigger point spoken of in chaos theory.

Awesome time to be alive.

[pacalo]

8. Just thinking about what it must have been like, standing face to face against the guns &

tear gas, makes me proud of that courageous young man. He was standing up for democracy.

:patriot:

[Ship of Fools]

9. I'm emotionally conflicted.

I want to cry with pride and joy for this guy, and at the same time I want to coral ALL THE FUCKHEADS ruining this country and tear gas them en masse. Just sayin'.

[Downwinder]

10. Kick

[thereismore]

11. We are going to win. There is no honor in attacking peaceable assemblies. nt

[Downwinder]

12. They abandoned honor a long time ago.

If not for the cameras, I think the Sailor would have gone to then hospital. As it was he pined the goons behind their barricades until others could get clear.

[AlecBGreen]

13. anyone else notice...

the police officer holding his/her shield upside down @ 0:40

:rofl:

"Here you go Officer Dinwiddie. Yeah, you just- no, flip it. No... FLIP it... No not THAT way, ROTATE it. Aw jeez,... Go sit down before you hurt yourself"

[bertman]

14. Recommend highly. It's time for all of us vets to don our gear and stand on the front lines again.

This time in peace and solidarity with the Occupy Movement.