[bestcigsnick]

I am sooooooooo freaking pissed off.......are we now in Palestine?
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Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen to undergo brain surgeryOlsen's condition upgraded from serious to fair after an incident that has prompted calls for Oakland mayor's resignation

reddit this Andrew Gumbel in Oakland, Adam Gabbatt and Ewen MacAskill guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 October 2011 18.27 EDT Article history
Scott Olsen holds a banner at a protest. Photograph: Keith Shannon
Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the Occupy Oakland protests, will require surgery to alleviate brain swelling.

Doctors at Highland Hospital in Oakland have upgraded Olsen's condition from critical to fair, a source told the Guardian, though they would not discuss whether the 24-year-old had regained consciousness.

Olsen's roommate Keith Shannon, who served with him in Iraq, said Olsen would be undergoing surgery "within a day or two".

Shannon, who lives with Olsen in Daly City, a city south of San Francisco, said it was "great" that Olsen had been upgraded to "fair" status, but said concerns remained as to whether he may have suffered brain damage.

He was sedated upon arrival at the hospital on Tuesday night. His parents flew in from Wisconsin and were at his bedside on Thursday.

Oakland's police chief Howard Jordan has promised a vigorous investigation into the incident which has provoked heavy criticism across the US, sparking solidarity marches in dozens of Occupy camps in the country.

This week's violent clashes with police in Oakland appear to have re-energised the Occupy movement in America, creating political liabilities for civic leaders across the United States, who had seemed poised to follow Oakland's lead and, in some cases, issued orders to clear the streets.

The White House said yesterday that Barack Obama understood the frustration of the Occupy Wall Street protesters but stressed the need to uphold the law.

White House spokesman Jay Carney, responding to reporters' questions about the Oakland violence, said he had not discussed protests in specifiic cities with the president, only the protests in general.

Obama has tried to maintain a balancing act as the protests have grown, leaning towards support while avoiding a full embrace of the movement. But it would be a huge step for the president to go on to criticise any police force.

Carney said the president could sympathised with the frustration over the role of Wall Street writ large in the worst recession since the Great Depression. There was a long and noble expression of free expression in the US, he said. But, as to the violence, he said the federal government obviously insisted that everyone behave in a lawful manner even as they expressed their frustration.

The Oakland protesters were back in force on Wednesday night, 24 hours after they were supposed to be gone for good, demanding the resignation of the city's mayor.

This time the police did nothing except circle around the demonstrators and discourage them from jumping on to an overhead freeway. More than 1000 protesters kept marching through the city streets until long after midnight, shouting an occasional "shame on you" at motorcycle cops and taking care to pick up their own litter. They even picked up pieces of a fence they had earlier pulled down and stacked them in neat piles around Frank Ogawa Plaza, in front of City Hall.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, herself a veteran of street protests from Berkeley in the 1960s to a public demonstration against police brutality in Oakland just lastyear, is facing demands for her recall or resignation. "Mayor Quan, you did more damage to Oakland in one evening than Occupy Oakland did in two weeks," one hastily scrawled slogan left near the entrance to her offices read.

In a news conference, Quan sought to distance herself from the police action, saying she was away in Washington at the time and had not expected it to unfold the way it did. "I only asked the chief to do one thing: to do it when it was the safest for both the police and the demonstrators," she said.

Her interim police chief, Howard Jordan, was similarly defensive when he spoke to reporters, denying that his men had used rubber bullets or flash-bang grenades, as some protesters alleged and adding: "It's unfortunate it happened. I wish that it didn't happen. Our goal, obviously, isn't to cause injury to anyone."

[citalopram]

I guess they got the rubber bullets and flash bangs on their own and threw them at themselvs, then edited the youtube videos later to make it look like the thugs...erm...protectors did it.

[carletoxtrs]

It's going to get real fucking interesting when people start shooting back.

[reaciciomarep]

It's going to get real fucking interesting when people start shooting back.

Folks should employ slingshots like the Palis do, and use paintballs for projectiles. Cops got protective gear including faceshields, shouldn't be an issue.

[reaciciomarep]

Sadistic POS cop lobs grenade directly into crowd who had come to the wounded Olsen's aid -

[Vigeommighica]

Screw slingshots, what they need are potato cannons.

[reaciciomarep]

Screw slingshots, what they need are potato cannons.

Tater cannons are regarded as exceeding .50 caliber by the BATFags and are therefore considered DDs. No, best not to use anything which can arguably be said to be 'lethal force'. Paintballs out of slingshots cannot be considered 'lethal force'. (for academic purposes only, frozen oranges make formidable tater cannon projectiles)

[plaiskegizils]

Screw slingshots, Screw potato cannons... what they need are...

[wrenjmerg]

You guys have it all wrong. A Palestinian kid happened to be in town, and threw a rock at him.

[Nekas48]

This week's violent clashes with police in Oakland appear to have re-energised the Occupy movement in America, creating political liabilities for civic leaders across the United States, who had seemed poised to follow Oakland's lead and, in some cases, issued orders to clear the streets.

Good.

The White House said yesterday that Barack Obama understood the frustration of the Occupy Wall Street protesters but stressed the need to uphold the law.

Fuck him and the man made "law".

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, herself a veteran of street protests from Berkeley in the 1960s to a public demonstration against police brutality in Oakland just lastyear, is facing demands for her recall or resignation. "Mayor Quan, you did more damage to Oakland in one evening than Occupy Oakland did in two weeks," one hastily scrawled slogan left near the entrance to her offices read.

In a news conference, Quan sought to distance herself from the police action, saying she was away in Washington at the time and had not expected it to unfold the way it did. "I only asked the chief to do one thing: to do it when it was the safest for both the police and the demonstrators," she said.

Her interim police chief, Howard Jordan, was similarly defensive when he spoke to reporters, denying that his men had used rubber bullets or flash-bang grenades, as some protesters alleged and adding: "It's unfortunate it happened. I wish that it didn't happen. Our goal, obviously, isn't to cause injury to anyone."

Her resignation should be without hesitation, but what about the NWO pigs that did this to that man, and all the other NWO pigs that are beating the people that they are supposed to serve and protect?

They should all be fired and have no recourse or pay.

[Anckzxik]

It's not my fault! I was in Washington!

That's some leader they got there in Oakland.

[Effopsytupt]

Scott Olsen was a Marine in uniform when he got clocked by the bacon boys, wasn't he?

So, where are all the rough tough bad ass Marines backing a brother, huh?

Having their eyebrows sculpted? Lol...