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Re: Oakland Police Lob Grenade Into Crowd Trying to Help An Injured Protester

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I'm reading various stories about this. The most common description is that it was a "peaceful protest" until the police started firing tear gas.

But I'm finding others that describe the crowd as "a violent mob that was pelting the cops with rocks and bottles before the tear gas was fired."

Which do I believe? I'm leaning toward the latter. The crowd DID look unruly in the videos I've seen, and unruly crowds often start throwing things once the police arrive and tell them to leave. We've seen that happen time and time again, both here and abroad.

I imagine we'll find more conclusive videos and posts supporting one position or the other. There were certainly enough eye witnesses.




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Re: Oakland Police Lob Grenade Into Crowd Trying to Help An Injured Protester
By: Decomposed in ROUND
Thu, 27 Oct 11 8:22 PM 		Msg. 35879 of 45651

Scott Olsen, marine wounded by Oakland police, is in ‘critical condition’

By Stephen C. Webster
Thursday, October 27, 2011

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In a video published early Thursday morning, ex-Marine Scott Olsen, the 24-year-old who suffered a fractured skull in Oakland on Tuesday night and is currently in “critical condition,” is seen standing peacefully in front of a police barricade next to a uniformed sailor just moments before officers deployed chemical agents to disperse the crowd.

While the video does not show what hit Olsen, it suggests that he was shot in the head by a tear gas canister at near point-blank range. Olsen did not appear to be provoking officers, who’d repeatedly announced their intent to disperse what they’d declared an “unlawful assembly.” Others speculated that he was hit by a beanbag round fired from a shotgun.

Either way, the aftermath of the blow he sustained was severe. Photos of the scene are grisly and not for the squeamish. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/26/article-2053502-0E89295E00000578-579_964x504.jpg

He’s now sedated and suffering from brain swelling. Doctors say Olsen is in “critical condition” and could die of his injury.


More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/27/video-shows-scott-olsen-marine-wounded-in-oakland-before-police-violence/

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