Marine IRAQ War Vet hurt in OccupyOakland protest improving
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Scott Olsen, 24, of Daly City, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, was among the hundreds of protesters who filled the streets of downtown Oakland to protest the police dismantling of the encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall.
Keith Shannon, Olsen's roommate who served in Iraq with him, said doctors told him Wednesday night that Olsen was unconscious and breathing with the help of a respirator.
The antiwar group said Olsen, a systems administrator at a San Francisco software firm, suffered a skull fracture when he was hit by a "blunt object."
Video footage shows a protester, identified by the antiwar group as Olsen, being knocked to the ground at 14th Street and Broadway after police lobbed an object - possibly a tear gas canister - at a group of protesters. The object emits a loud "bang" after landing on the ground.
While he lay dazed wounded on the street, other protesters came to his aid. The footage then appears to show an officer tossing another canister toward the group helping him. There was another blast heard, and one protester can be heard screaming "What the f- " at police while a demonstrator angrily bangs his sign on the street again and again.
The group drags Olsen away. He appeared to be conscious after the incident and pressed his hand to his head while looking at his cell phone.
Olsenhad spent most nights over the last few weeks at the Occupy SF camp, Shannon said.
"He'd leave work, head there, sleep there and go to work the next day," Shannon said. "We were really against the fact that the banks and corporations were not held accountable for what they did."
When Olsen heard that protesters at Occupy Oakland were asking for support, he took BART to Oakland and joined in the protest, Shannon said.
Olsen knew he might have been arrested but didn't seem to have any idea the demonstration would get as violent as it did, Shannon said.
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Marine VET upgraded to fair condition. His parents from Onalaska WI to be there by 11:30 this AM per interview on COUNTDOWN KO had with his roommate last night. All OCCUPIERS should keep this picture and the one of lady in wheelchair surrounded by teargas in mind....and you others of the 99% who havent joined/supported your local occupy should to! Look how many time he has put his 24 y/o life on the line for YOU!
Yes, I have joined mine via support. They need food, warm clothes, and ALL THE GOOD Media sttention they can get.
Andrew Breitbart was tweetcrowing last night apparently about a new contract from the KOCH Machine. He will be down at OccupyWallStreet THIS WEEKEND to make one of his famous films! 'To show the truth about who is behind OWS!'
Without true footage we will have NOTHING to contradict him!! Are you listening MSM? - 7 months ago
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