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In yet another clash with Riot Police in Oakland, California, another peaceful Iraq War Veteran gets a beating from the Oakland Police.

Video footage has emerged of a police officer beating an Iraq war veteran so hard that he suffered a ruptured spleen in an apparently unprovoked incident at a recent Occupy protest in California.

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The video of an Occupy Oakland protester shot by police has been made available, showing perhaps the most outrageous act of overzealous law enforcement action in the weeks since the movement began.

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NYPD Won’t Tolerate Illegal Behavior

It won’t happen here.

Mayor Bloomberg vowed Friday that the Occupy Wall Street movement would not descend into violence like the protests in [...]

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Police in riot gear in Oakland reportedly were firing projectiles, possibly tear gas, at protesters early Thursday near the downtown area, according to a media report.

The Oakland Tribune said there were reports of tear gas being used near 17th Street and Read More >>

As general strike looms, shady group promises to “go beyond” peaceful protest.

A crudely worded flyer handed out among Occupy Oakland Protesters has raised concerns that provocateurs are attempting to instigate violence in an attempt to de-rail plans for a general strike this week.

The flyer, pictured below, presents a rambling argument suggesting that anyone [...]

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Since Occupy Wall Street protests have broken out in cities across the U.S. and abroad, support has come from what might seem like an unlikely corner: war veterans.

But two of the highest-profile protesters — each from opposite ends of the [...]

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Navy Sailor Stands Tall In the Middle of Oakland Tear Gas Attack Holding the Constitution and a Veterans for Peace Flag… Moments After Scott Olsen Was Hit In the Head

Here he is a couple of minutes before, standing with [...]

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Occupy Medford : Alba Park General Assembly – Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Yesterday’s event was another success. Again the group focused on those areas which Medford’s Occupy Movement can effect immediately. This week’s upcoming calendar is chalked full [...]

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“Deeply concerned” police sergeants are coming out swinging today against obnoxious Wall Street protesters, saying they plan to “pursue legal action” against demonstrators who injure any of its members.

Ed Mullins, president of the NYPD’s Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, said his group plans [...]

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While more U.S. cities are resorting to force to break up the Wall Street protests, many others – Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., among them – are content to let [...]

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Occupy movement returns to streets demanding answers after teargas canister hit Iraq serviceman Scott Olsen in the head.

Related Story : Oakland Police Under Scrutiny – Live Updates

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This footage is proof that Scott Olsen was shot in the face by police without provocation during the Occupy Oakland march on Tuesday October 25.

The moment leading up to the shooting, Olsen was standing completely still. He was then hit in the head with a tear gas canister, which is potentially fatal.

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An Iraq war veteran badly wounded in clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Oakland was awake and lucid, hospital officials and family members said on Thursday.

Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine struck in the head during Wall Street protests on Tuesday night, had [...]

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(Editors Note: Yesterday October 27th, 2011) – This morning Occupy Oakland and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) put out a call for occupations across America and around the world to hold solidarity vigils for Read More >>

Last night around a thousand protesters turned up in New York to show solidarity with Occupy Oakland. At one point NYPD officers began arresting and violently beating the demonstrators, even after they were forced to the ground. Among those who stood up for the protesters was Sgt. Shamar Thomas and his fellow US Marines.

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