Scott Olsen Interviewed After Release From Hospital

November 28th, indybay.org -- Twenty-four-year-old Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen joined with over one thousand others on the evening of October 25th to protest the pre-dawn police raid at Oscar Grant Plaza. As he stood wearing military fatigues alongside another veteran in a Navy uniform who he knew through Iraq Veterans Against the War, Scott Olsen was struck in his forehead by a police projectile fired from a distance of no more than twenty feet.

Scott suffered a critical brain injury, remained in the hospital for weeks, and is still working to regain his full speech capabilities. He currently awaits the results of an investigation into the incident being conducted by the Oakland Police Department, an investigation in which Scott himself has not yet been interviewed. There is no known investigation from Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley's office. Scott has not decided whether he will pursue civil action against Oakland authorities for his injury. Scott Olsen was interviewed in Oscar Grant Plaza on November 27th while a teach-in on reclaiming spaces was being held

Occupy movement in US turns bloody

Egyptian Brutality Comes to America: Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Peaceful Protesters

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This is not Egypt, Greece or Italy ... this is America

The injured gentlemen is Veterans for Peace member Scott Olsen, allegedly shot with a rubber bullet.

This is another gentlemen allegedly shot in the face with a rubber bullet (his injury is above his right eye, while the injury to Scott Olsen appears to be on the left side of his face):

Some are calling this the "new Kent State".

And protesters from Tahrir Square, Egypt, say this is what it looked like there.