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Olsen got a visit from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan who also posted a video apology on Facebook and a statement to protesters on the city's website.
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Yaminah, who declined to give her last name, holds a candle during a vigil for Scott Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. During an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday night, a projectile apparently fired by police struck the Iraq veteran in the head leaving him in critical condition with a fractured skull.
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Heal fast Scott, you are a hero in several ways. Stand strong.
Urban camping is illegal. These anti-Capitalists are shameful freeloaders.
YOu cant ram Capitalism down peoples throats or force a political system on a generation that knows better.
Cops and Sheriffs are tools for rich, politicans, and powerful people. We whoheartedly support Occupy Wall Street. Unite and be strong. We are proud of you. From California with Love.
A peaceful protest that become a riot is never a good thing.
When you deliberately put yourself into dangerous situations you get what you deserve. Everyone knows that rioting comes with consequences. It's a dangerous activity. If I were a truck driver I would have driven down the road and mowed over about 200 people. That'll learn em.
These riots could and probably were paid associates of the other side to show this movement in the worst possible light. As to a truck driver, I know of no driver who would intentionally do such a deed.
Yeah right the other side. What a crock. Union goons have been pulling this @!$%# for over 50 years.
Leave it to Oakland to turn a peaceful protest into a riot. Big surprise. This damages the movement all across the country.
A Riot would be very easy for the Koch Bros and their plants to start and set the tone for their anti capitalist- freeloader tag
Capitalism is only good for the Capitalists. The system protects them from the injustices suffered by the Common man. You work all your life to make the Capitalist rich. Then at retirement look on proudly as your grandkids grow up into a culture of modern slavery, making their grandkids rich. They own your property, take your possessions if you miss an interest payment on loans, enslave your children. The whole system is wrong. People dont love what they do. They just do it for the money. If money had no value, would cartels still push drugs? Would a telemarketer still call? Its time the political system was upgraded to reflect a truly postmodern utopia. Today politics is more of a business than business.
Perhaps you should move to Cuba.
good 4 the movement. burn down the system
Get off that phony garbage. Being a "vet" makes him nothing but a "vet" of which there are good ones and bad ones. Things "vets" do not have is any immunity from is criminal actions or shear stupidity. He falls into the same trash bin as those "vets" that protested against the war during the Vietnam. if you're looking for sympathy, you're not going to get it from those who served or are serving.
God bless capitalism... You jackasses wouldn't even have a computer to type on if it wasn't for it. The continue movement to socialism which has been going on in this nation for years and years continues to be ignored as a contributing facot in the mess we find ourselves in. You think it's been nothing but pure capitalism up till now?? Are you nuts?? Social security, medicare, medicaid, welfare, unemployment benefits and a host of other goverment assitance programs has been added since the beginning. You have been getting your "movement" to socialism for years now. You are seeing the results of that movement...
You look like a brave person to mow down protestors! Then go to Afghanistan and try to show your courage. These pictures remind me of the Russian revolution against Russian Czars. Who knows what is going to happen to the super rich guys who control 90% of the wealth of this country in a crooked manner. Everything that goes up must come down! This is the rule of this universe and no one can change that.
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These jerks should all move to China if they don't want to live in a free society. If they don't want a free country then they're in the wrong place. Freedom was always a good thing. What's up with that. I feel bad for the guy but if you play with fire you'll get burned. I would defend my property too and shoot someone if they invaded it.
The protesters are quickly loosing their credibility.