The victim is a Marine who did two tours in Iraq. And this is what he comes home to? The callousness of this act just makes my blood boil!
UPDATE - The injured man is Scott Olsen, a Marine Corps veteran twice deployed to Iraq and member of Veterans for Peace. He is in the hospital now in
stable but serious condition with a fractured skull, struck by a police projectile (believed to be a tear gas cannister) fired into the crowd.
After protesters run to the aid of the injured Marine, Oakland Police deliberately throw a flash grenade into the crowd. Whatever you think of the
Occupy movement, police behavior of this kind is criminal and should be prosecuted. Read more...