Scott Olsen, Iraq Veteran, Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland [Video]

If memory serves me right, it's actions like similar to this by the British that lead to the Boston massacre and Bunker Hill. Perhaps the protestors should wear riot gear of they're own like helmets, sheilds, and A BIG BASEBALL BAT. Pick those canisters up and throw them back in the face of the, well, whatever you want to call them.

It's suppose to bring peace yet obviously it is not doing that. It is inevitable then as history repeat's itself there will be injuries. Why not do less and accomplish more. TM

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

Remember People Our Founding Fathers GAVE US A REPUBLIC Not a DEMOCRACY. There is a Difference and we are headed down the wrong path right now. Strings are being pulled cards are being played across the WORLD! PAY ATTENTION ALL!
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE!
A war at Home yes, More Violent, Could be.. There is a Saying" We are only 3 meals away From Anarchy! "

Coming from a former retired Public Safety employee, and the daughter of a retired Police Chief, the footage from this particular video was TOTALLY uncalled for. Unbelievable!

unfortunately this is the police "culture" in Oakland. black or white, doesn't matter. they are trained to use force, even "cowardly force" as can be seen by the officer lobbing the flash-bang canister directly in to the group of people around the wounded man. talk about adding insult to injury.

Pretty Scary stuff here! :- ) Does'nt sound kool at all.. but since I was'nt their then I can't really judge? But I sure as hell will be aware!

This is a F*cking DISGRACE…what happened to the rights of the people to assemble in peace? The fascist thinking of the cops MUST stop…Welcome home veteran…your hardest battle is right here in your own country! Looks as if we're headed for another Kent State!

How odd that the video of the protesters throwing stuff at the police was not part of this video. After being removed from the park the protesters tried to move back into the park. You can not start the violence and then cry about it when they return violence. It is tragic that the young man got injured and it is absurd that the cop cowardly threw the flash bang but if the protesters had not been there and had not started the violence, none of this would have happened.

I support their protest and hope they will not give up.. Scott went to fight in middle east and comes home to accopy a protest he believed in.. Now washington wants to give money to help out Greece in their ecomone crisses.. who is going to help out america? Now is america really as broke as they let on.. Hell yea, protest til the cows come home…

I have personally seen the damage a flash bang canister can due, demonstrated by our SWAT team. They could be, or should I said would be harmful if they came in contact with someone. Depending on where, they could be life threatening. They were in NO danger, they were going to aide an injured human. Wrong just totally wrong!

Why do you think the protestors were there in the first place? Shouldn't the safety of civilians be prioritized over that of the police? Eye for an eye should not be a tactic for a police force to be using against its own civilians..

I doubt it was an eye for an eye situation. More than likely the protesters started to harass the police and throw stuff at them "they turned violent" and the cops decided it was time to break up the situation before it got any worse and people turned it into a full blown riot. I for one don't blame the police at all. People should know better than to put themselves in a situation like that. Its also disgusting that they are trying to get support by using Olsen being injured. Being a Vet myself, I can say he should have never put himself in a situation like that one, and that the only reason they even brought him up is to get support to show how "brutal" the police are. If he hadn't been a Vet, but a normal person and been injured. I doubt they would even know his name or made a video showing what was going on… pathetic

PEACEFUL people and protesters should certainly be protected. What if the stuff the protestors were throwing had hit an inocent bystander? The public place where the protesters are at has to be made safe for ALL citizens. Police should use whatever force is required to stop violence. The one moron officer that threw the flash bang should be fired, but the BS of painting all police as some kind of nazi strong arm of the government is ridiculous and makes most people posting look like hippie wanna be idiots that just wanna jump on a band wagon and bitch about something. How can all these protesters be in the streets and not at work. Don't tell me because they are unemployed. There are jobs all over this country you just have to be willing to go where the work is. Times are hard but standing around bitching about it will not help. We don't need someone else to fix it, we should fix it.