Last night on the streets of Oakland CA a Veteran of Iraq may have given his life …… not on the battlefields of IRAQ, where he formerly fought against a foreign aggressor. He was fighting protesting what he felt was injustice in his own country.
Scott Olsen, 24, was stuck in the head by an object fired from a gun or thrown by an overly aggressive police force against unarmed citizens.
This is an action all of America should demand a state and federal investigation of before these acts of violence get out of hand and before we have bodies littering of streets as we have seen in some foreign countries.
Today he is in a hospital, hopefully awaiting surgery to save his life. This show of force is deplorable in a country that gives its citizens the right to protest. The thugs in black who caused this had better rethink their actions. After all, they must continue to live and walk amongst other citizens.
They should be reminded their pay doesn't come from the coffers of corporations but from the pockets of the same taxpayers they are brutalizing. The excuse of "just following orders" doesn't cover the taking the lives of unarmed citizens expressing their Constitutional rights.
Every police officer in the field that night should be removed from duty until it is determined who was responsible. If the mayor gave the order she must also face a charge of murder if this man dies.
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