NOW WE KNOW: Scott Olsen Was INTENTIONALLY Shot

[kpete]

Lawyer: Scott Olsen Was Hit by Beanbag Round
“It looks like one officer intentionally shot him,” Olsen's attorney says

By ZOE CORNELI on March 14, 2012 - 5:02 p.m. PDT





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The question of how Olsen was injured, and by whom, has been the subject of intense speculation and an ongoing police department investigation.

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Olsen had previously said he believed he had been hit with a tear gas canister.

“The difference is significant, because a tear gas canister, you don’t shoot at a person,” said Martel, who called the development “troubling” and said he planned to file a lawsuit against the city and the police department.


"It looks like one officer intentionally shot him"

http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-movement/story/lawyer-scott-olsen-was-hit-bean-bag/


Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/17nus)

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Municipalities must be penalized for allowing their mad dogs to run amok

It's obvious that elected officials cannot be 'shamed' into demanding civilized behavior from police departments, so they need to be hit where it hurts: the pocketbook, which translates into votes at election time.

[Mopar151]

2. Which brain surgeon thought it was a good idea to shoot at the veteran's group?

And if it is ever determined who threw the gas cannister at the people surrounding Olsen after he was hit, some time in general population at Folsom would be appropriate.

[yardwork]

3. Photos suggest that the shooter was the same person who threw the gas canister minutes later.

[sabrina 1]

17. The video showed that it was the same person who both shot Olsen and then shot

at those who went to help him. That individual has been ID'd, but not by the OPD airc, by a journalist. If it is the same person, he should never have been on the street considering his record, which apparently stated that he has killed before.

It is a disgrace that no charges have yet been filed against him and against those who nearly killed Kayvan Sabhegi, another Iraq War Veteran attacked by the OPD who had his spleen lacerated and was left without medical care for 18 hours.

[dotymed]

23. What about this new law, recently passed by Congress,

almost unanimously? As I understand, it makes political protesting, a felony. Has anyone else heard about this law that is completely against our 1st amendment rights? If so, please explain it to me. RT tv was discsiing this law almost exclusively today. Is political protesting now a felony, passed by "our" Congress?

[Mopar151]

25. Details? Specifics?

Links? Who is RTtv?

[U4ikLefty]

26. look up H.R. 347

this is bad

[qb]

4. I hope this lawsuit is EXTREMELY painful for Oakland & its PD.

[bongbong]

6. The only way

The only way anything will change is if part of the lawsuit mandates that the top dog in the police dept is a Liberal, and that his/her orders are to be followed upon pain of firing + loss of pension & benefits.

I'm quite serious...

[FedUp_Queer]

8. Why even have a police department?

Crime runs amok in Oakland WITH a police department. They shoot peaceful protesters and act more as a paramilitary group.

[sarcasmo]

9. +1

[bayareaboy]

10. In Oakland old traditions never die ... ...

I know that from the 60s on, that it really hasn't changed.

I really don't think it will change. You can take it to court and get big bucks and the only thing that will suffer are the public and programs that will have to be cut to cover the cost.

Getting rid of the Mayor with recall would be nice!

[2banon]

27. Riot Police were called in from neighboring communities

It was reported on local news this evening that the identity of the officer isn't "known" yet nor from which municipality, since most came in from other communities.. I'm not sure if our local tv anchors are unwitting dupes, or simply duplicitous on this matter..

[Overseas]

5. Sad K&R.

[TownDrunk2]

7. I'd look into what agency trained these police departments

[Uncle Joe]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[mcgarry50]

12. militarized police

just look to what happened in miami at and peaceful gathering. go to http:/rt.com and there is a video. of course you would not get it in msm.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

13. This pisses me off to no end

the guy survives Iraq only to return home and get shot at for no damn good reason by a knuckle-dragging asshole who thinks he's Rambo. I hope he and his family sue the bejeesus out of the asshole and the OPD.

[Odin2005]

14. That cop needs to be in jail and the OPD needs to be sued.

[pinboy3niner]

15. Scott Olsen tweeted last night...

Scott Olsen?@solsen230

40 grams of lead @ 270 feet/second - less than lethal? #O25 #OO #OPD | http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-movement/story/lawyer-scott-olsen-was-hit-bean-bag/ http://pic.twitter.com/vT18MmHM



10:13 PM - 14 Mar 12via web

[pinboy3niner]

16. From November: Police, Ambulances Stood Idle While Olsen Lay Wounded

County official warns Oakland still lacks emergency response plan to treat injured

By Matt Smith on November 1, 2011 - 8:53 p.m. PDT

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Olsen, 24, was participating in protests on Oct. 25 when he was struck in the head by a projectile. Riot police stood within 20 yards of where he lay and ambulance crews waited on standby two blocks away. Yet Olsen received medical treatment only after protesters dragged him more than two blocks, put him into a car and drove him to Highland Hospital.

“I turned around and was yelling directly at the police: ‘I need help. This guy is hurt,’” said Claire Chadwick, a Berkeley canvasser who was the first to assist the motionless Olsen. “But none of them moved.”

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The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/13JcM)

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Gee amazing, third world Tijuana

Does have EMS plans in place...

It makes me smile. But not in a good way.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Hey Judge, enough to finally put OPD in federal Receveirship?

There are a few regs that were violated, from the shooting itself, all the way to not having an EMS response plan in place...I am not even going into the relatively minor ones. (Covering name tags for example)

[girl gone mad]

20. This is what a police state looks like.

[The Doctor.]

21. What's this animal's name?

I think we should all know it.

[WillyT]

22. K & R !!!

[woo me with science]

24. K&R

[solarman350]

28. Time for Anonymous to "DOX" the Shooter

The sooner, the better for Society.

http://partyvan.info/wiki/Dox