Gabbatt reports: "Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland, has regained consciousness but 'cannot talk'. Olsen, 24, is communicating with friends and family at his bedside by writing notes, but his injury is believed to have damaged the speech centre of his brain, according to Keith Shannon, who served with Olsen in Iraq."

Scott Olsen and his sister. (photo: Kathy Pacconi)

Scott Olsen 'Cannot Talk' After Injury at Occupy Oakland Protest

By Adam Gabbatt, Guardian UK

29 October 11

Iraq war veteran is believed to have sustained damage to speech center of his brain in injury at Occupy protest on Tuesday.

cott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland, has regained consciousness but "cannot talk."

Olsen, 24, is communicating with friends and family at his bedside by writing notes, but his injury is believed to have damaged the speech centre of his brain, according to Keith Shannon, who served with Olsen in Iraq.

Olsen is believed to have been injured by a police projectile. He was hit in the forehead in downtown Oakland on Tuesday evening, after marching with fellow demonstrators to protest the closure of an Occupy Oakland camp in the city.

"He cannot talk right now, and that is because the fracture is right on the speech center of his brain," said Shannon. "However, they are expecting he will get that back."

Shannon added that Olsen's "spelling is not near what it used to be."

"The doctors expect that he will have a full recovery," said Shannon, who is due to visit Olsen on Friday afternoon. "However, it is going to be a long road ahead for him."

Olsen was "really happy" to see his family, Shannon added.

A spokesman for Highland General Hospital confirmed Olsen could not talk, but said he "understands everything" doctors and family are saying. His family flew to be at his bedside on Thursday. The spokesman said Olsen remained under observation to determine if he needs surgery. His condition is "fair."

Video footage posted to YouTube shows Olsen lying motionless in front of a police line after apparently having been hit. A group of up to 10 protesters gather around him, but a police officer can be seen throwing a device close to the group which then explodes with a bright flash and loud bang, scattering the protesters. The video then cuts to footage of protesters carrying Olsen away as he bleeds from the head.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, who was in Washington DC when the clashes occurred, has sought to distance herself from the police action.

"I only asked the chief to do one thing: to do it when it was the safest for both the police and the demonstrators," she said.

Comments

+242 # Barbara K 2011-10-29 09:41

I hope that the police stop turning weapons on our own unarmed civilians who are doing their Constitutional right. I hope that Scott Olsen reaches a full recovery. Shame on the police who turn on their own people, ones even marching for their rights too. I hope that that young man sues the crap out of the city of Oakland Police Dept. It is not their job to attack Americans.

+173 # Texas Aggie 2011-10-29 11:57

And when he sues the crap out of them, that they themselves are financially liable, not the taxpayers. It might be a learning experience for every cop involved in the attack to have his earnings garnished until all of Scott's medical and recuperation bills are paid for.

+70 # Barbara K 2011-10-29 15:33

Absolutely agree, Texas Aggie !! Let them pay it out of their own pockets.

-6 # readerz 2011-10-31 10:13

But the taxpayers hired the officers that encouraged the violence. It's time to confront the people of the city, not just the police.

+69 # SteveH 2011-10-29 15:19

Suggestion, folks, revisit "Manufacturing Consent" the movie about Noam Chomsky's decades long struggle to engage folks in the same way #OWS has been doing recently.

What we've been trying is not new. Prolonged struggles have been part of our culture throughout our history including the 30's, 60's and now.

Why again now? It seems that when things get even just a little better our movements tire. After all, people need to work and eat and we all want to return to our easy lives. The problem is we acquiesce a little too soon, so we find ourselves going through this all over again.

This occurs because the ruling class (and it is a class - see that movie, too), gives up a little territory knowing it won't be too long before they will take it back and regain control to amass their wealth in complete disregard of the underclasses and the environment.

It's time we continue this struggle all the way because the planet we live on, and that nurtures us, is on the threshold of saying "you're not taking care of me so I'm going to let you swim in your own muck."

Is this the world we want to pass on to those who follow?

+70 # soularddave 2011-10-29 15:34

This come exactly 40½ years after the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four demonstrators at Kent State University( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings ). That act galvanized the "movement" against the war in Viet Nam. Now, with expanded electronic media and the internet, The injuring of Scott Olsen was literally, a "shot heard 'round the World".

Many young soldiers deployed overseas, such as I was when Kent State occurred, are learning too much about how America operates against 99% of the population, in deference to that infernal 1%. Our soldiers in Iraq are preparing to return to "CONUS" in two months, and they're all very well aware of the "Occupy" movement and the circumstances of the wounding of one of their own.

I expect there will be a massive infusion of effort to the "Occupy" movement as we enter a "Winter of discontent" and an "American Spring". We owe it to ourselves and the Veterans who have fought to spread freedom and Democracy. We need to unwind the lies and deceit of the recent past, and learn the truths as they become evident.

+17 # SteveH 2011-10-30 15:10

Quoting

We owe it to ourselves and the Veterans who have fought to spread freedom and Democracy. We need to unwind the lies and deceit of the recent past, and learn the truths as they become evident.

@soulardave: I'm a Nam vet who filed for CO status while stationed in Nam in '68. As such, soulardave, I tend to think differently with lots of examples to support my POV.

I can understand your comment in the light of WW II vets though no war since. I can even grudgingly empathize with the guys and women fighting now in that they, too, are "just following orders." I did, too, for a while. However, what my experience in war taught me is to be critical of my own involvement and to take responsibility for it. And not to "just follow orders."

The sad point I'm trying to express is that these present soldier citizens are not critically examining the actions they are being told to take. E.g., Iraq was a criminal offense perpetrated by liars and the supporters of the 1% and every soldier had the responsibility to see it for what it was - if they cared to look, which they obviously didn't and, in so doing, are not exonerated for their actions.

Whether it's soldiers or cops, the means at their disposal are life threatening, as we continue living in that kind of a culture rest assured death will be the result.

0 # BattleBorn 2011-11-02 02:16

I'm sorry for Scott Olsen's injury. The use of dangerous weapons by OPD against occupiers was a colossal mistake. Even so, that Scott is a veteran made it the shot that was heard around the world. His sacrifice, albeit unwilling, has served to make a definitive statement about police brutality in this country, something that years of military service could not have done. He is irrefutably a hero.

+28 # KittatinyHawk 2011-10-29 16:50

These cities are having problems with their budgets and then do this? Obviously there is not a budget problem just their pocket having problems keeping their hands out of cookie jar

+2 # Kneebiter1 2011-11-02 16:37

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"- JFK 1962

+155 # Barkingcarpet 2011-10-29 10:11

It IS time for us to take back this world from the war, fear, waste, greed, and corporate black holes which currently govern policy.

Time for taking care of each other, nature, and all life, and creating a livable future.

No more fear.

Yes, WE can!

+112 # Saberoff 2011-10-29 10:24

Nice work, Oakland. You ASSHOLES!
Looks like a nice enough kid to me.

Oh, I like the last line of the post from Mayor Jean Quan: "I only asked the chief to do one thing: to do it when it was the safest for both the police and the demonstrators." Well, looks like he didn't listen to his boss; looks like he should be FIRED!

+73 # wantrealdemocracy 2011-10-29 10:25

Oh, Barkingcarpet speaks great wisdom. We must learn to care and share and treat all people and our mother the earth with care and love. We must change our government that is not doing this. Our government has suffered a coup and is now out of control of the people of this nation. We must vote out the so called "representatives ' who are really representing the very wealthy top 15 of our citizens to the detriment of the others and most seriously, all life on earth.

+90 # Carolyn 2011-10-29 10:26

We have choice. We live in bodies like animals but we stand upright. A dog must bark when he sees another dog.
We don't have to live by the fight/flight instinct within us.
The mayor and the police made a choice to attack because the saw the people there. They chose to attack. Now, they know and we all know the result of the attack on the Iraq veteran, who fought on their behalf and ours. The result is symbolic. He has lost his voice! do you get chills when you read that?

+26 # Okieangels 2011-10-29 12:49

I got chills when I first heard he couldn't talk. I thought it was downright scary...

+68 # VivaldiCO 2011-10-29 10:59

That's a beautiful picture of Scott and his sister. I'm already in love with both of them. [Don't panic: I'm 71 and happily married for 45 years; but these are beautiful people.] My wife had "Broca's Aphasia" - inability to speak - at one point, and recovered fully. She had the drug tPA administered soon after the symptoms appeared; did Scott get that? I'm sympathetic to all the calls for action the commenters have made; but I am doubly concerned for Scott. Is he getting real "do no harm" treatment? Or is he viewed as "disposable" since he stood up to Greed, Oppression, and Power (the 1% in the GOP)?

+55 # in deo veritas 2011-10-29 12:54

He was regarded as disponable by the government from the minute he signed papers to enlist. That is the mantra of the Pentagram-we are ALL disposable.

+25 # lonestarcornhusker 2011-10-29 17:21

Just an FYI. tPA is used for "blood clot" strokes. This injured Iraq veteran has a "bleeding" stroke. Giving tPA to someone who is bleeding would almost certainly kill them. His kind of bleeding in the brain is either observed if not dangerously big or is operated on to remove the blood if the bleeding itself is life threatening. Bottom line: this should not even be an issue. No attack on citizens means no injuries. Shame on the 1%: they control the government and, therefore, the police. This is a moral issue. I suspect every Oakland police officer and, likely, the mayor and city council are part of the 99%. Serve and protect. Do not injure or kill.

+9 # VivaldiCO 2011-10-30 10:40

My mistake. Thanks.

+58 # Boomer 2011-10-29 11:05

Prayers for Scott...undeserved treatment.
This is in no way a violent protest....so why the violence against these people? They are doing what so many do not have the courage of their convictions to do, and should be appreciated....they are speaking up for you!!

0 # Kneebiter1 2011-11-02 16:39

My current favorite quote; "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"- JFK 1962

+33 # djdwatson 2011-10-29 11:07

To the Mayor: THAT IS NOT ENOUGH...and who is there besides your local PD?

+69 # Billy Bob 2011-10-29 11:12

Some random thoughts:

Unless we get rid of the "patriot" act and destroy the philosophy behind it, this is what happens to liberals who want to use their Freedom of Speech.

This doesn't happen at "teaparty" protests - maybe because the protesters would shoot back with REAL bullets.

There are people still walking around from closed head injuries incurred at peaceful protests in the '60s.

How many non-vets are injured just as bad, but don't get the press for lack of "being a vet"?

People should not have their lives threatened for actually USING the American Freedoms, we supposedly fight for abroad.

+40 # CTPatriot 2011-10-29 15:43

This doesn't happen at tea party protests because the tea party is a fully owned subsidiary of the 1%, and their protests in favor of lowering taxes on the rich, less regulation, etc., are exactly what the top 1% want.

So no need to remove tea baggers from the square. And they left on the same day anyway, on buses paid for by oil billionaires. So what if a few of them had guns. That was a reminder to the 99% not to mess with anyone that defends the 1%.

+83 # Capn Canard 2011-10-29 11:16

The Police Officer who shot Scott Olsen in the head needs to be prosecuted, no ifs, ands or buts about it. This man is guilty of shooting an unarmed civilian in the head with a tear gas cannister. SINCE WHEN ARE POLICE EXEMPT FROM THE LAW?

+42 # in deo veritas 2011-10-29 12:58

Put the pig away and see how long he lasts behind bars. Always welcomed by the inmates. It is becoming more appearant that the only difference between law and outlaw in too many cases is whoever happens to be wearing a badge.

+32 # Vision is Clear 2011-10-29 11:22

I wonder when we will realize, the problem lies with the existence of political parties. We the people need to abolish parties and HIRE more Bernie Sanders. Representatives that actually represent the people. The existence of parties is anti-democracy.

+52 # qasee 2011-10-29 11:33

Be prepared for more of this. The longer the protests go on, the more pissed off the 1% will be and they will demand that their lapdog politicians and the fascist police end it. Just like in Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc, etc.....

+36 # Lulie 2011-10-29 15:10

You're right. Assuming the Occupiers hang tough, there will be many more such incidents. I remember Kent State. This is a real war, and one actually worth fighting for a change.

+59 # panhead49 2011-10-29 11:53

Where we live in N.CA we get SFBay area news. Was watching this come down live. Both sons served in Iraq and one in AfPak and is probably headed back. I cannot begin to express the heartbreak watching this incident come down as it was happening. The look on his bloody face, that look in his eyes, the stunned TBI look I cannot erase. It still makes me cry.

Unbelievable (had I not seen it) that OPD can do this but cannot get a grip on the day in and day out violence and murders that happen like clock work in Oakland. Gang bangers shoot first & return fire. Said daily violence is also a by-product of extreme wealth disparity. Uh, Thanks Wall Street? grrrrr.

Shame on you Oakland - you've even managed to disgust the folks in Libya with your actions.

Get well young man - I don't think I could stomach knowing what you've already faced only to be damaged in your own country by a force paid for with your tax dollars.

+27 # jwb110 2011-10-29 12:00

I am hear to tell Mayor Jean Quan that you might as well eat the Devil as drink his blood. She is responsible for what happened to him and to anyone in this Oakland melee.
You go Oakland!!!!

+48 # sol4u2 2011-10-29 12:05

It is ironic that we preach Human Rights to our foreign neighbors and attempt to sanction, criticize and call them to task regarding the way they treat their citizens when they speak out and demonstrate for their freedoms. These same freedoms that our leader speak to and that they wage war on foreign soil. Freedoms that our young men and women die and lose limbs for so that those not living in democracy can someday have the same rights as we Americans have here at home --- rewind -- looks like we now fight for those on foreign soil to be free BUT we no longer have these rights as we are becoming "police" state minded and subjected to unnecessary police brutality condoned by our very leaders at state and national levels. What a sorry place to be.... These actions make it imperative that "we are the 99%" continue to grow. We not only need to march but call, email, fax and write our representatives in Washington DC - Enough is Enough - it is time to bailout the American Family in need and unemployed lossing their homes etc...It would be a lot cheaper to NOW give every homeowner in foreclosure and every unemployed worker who cannot find a job $400K to pay off his debt, start a business, get back on his feet than to continue to pour billions into greed corporate pocketbooks. $ in the hands of needy Americans will allow spending and help the economy!

+35 # DLT999 2011-10-29 12:07

Yes, it is ironic and symbolic that this young man expressing and preserving the first amendment rights of free speech for us all has lost his physical ability to speech.

Of course, the stones would shout the message if all of the 99% lost our ability to speak. And Scott 'shouts' louder than ever about what this country has become and how we must remove the beast of greed and corruption from every form of government and replace it with a much better system for all.

+25 # Okieangels 2011-10-29 12:50

Support OccupyMARINES. You can find them on facebook.

+44 # fredboy 2011-10-29 13:04

We are all sorry Scott had to learn the truth about the nation he served the hard way. In truth, his patriotism in the streets of Oakland may be his greatest service of all.

+35 # Anarchist 23 2011-10-29 13:09

It should be obvious by now that the 'war on terror' is really a terrorist war of the 1% on 99% of the people of the world that has now come home to America. This present escalation, bringing it home (to Der Heimat-the 'homeland') is possible because of the gigantic hoax of 911. Ask a steel worker-can you actually melt-nay explode into pyroclastic flow-steel and concrete with hydorcarbons like jet-grade kerosene? Because if you can-what a waste to use blast furnaces all this time. Or perhaps we are up against Voldemort's Death Eaters and their Fiend Fire? Throw off your blinders-take the Red Pill and awake!

-1 # readerz 2011-10-31 10:26

The iron workers did not plant the explosives of 9/11: what melted was little pins holding the floors to the outer walls; very bad design. And YES, STEEL DOES MELT at those temperatures; look at the steel pier in Brooklyn's Coney Island, it melted in a much cooler fire.

+14 # lilly 2011-10-29 13:12

Damn - we are leaving Iraq just before defing our domocracy for the Iraquis. Maybe the Oakland mayor will be willing to go to Iraq and help

+32 # minkdumink 2011-10-29 13:13

kind of like Bradley Manning,he ''cannot talk'' either, but both of them are saying everything that needs to be said,no matter how the powers that be (for now) twist it.

+26 # rom120 2011-10-29 13:22

To make one thing clear, I am absolutely against violent protests, I support the police officers in their duty and want murderers executed.
But, I have a real problem with the psychopathic cops from New York to California. Those psychopaths joined the force to do their thing legally instead of becoming hunted serial killers. And I am not kidding, this way they can act out their anti social behavior without repercussions.
The American government bombed the hell out of Libya and is now thinking of doing the same to Syria because their dictators shot with live bullets at demonstrators. Is it really that much different in the US of A??? The riot police zombies are just a step away from doing what their paymasters from Wall Street are telling them: "Do everything to quell this uprising, kill, kill"!

+47 # Archie1954 2011-10-29 13:58

Now Americans are getting to know what half the world lives with everyday, much of it supported and inflicted by US foreign policy. Gives you a different feel for all the "good" the US does in the world doesn't it?

+29 # lamancha 2011-10-29 14:36

Olsen must be seen as a martyr to extend the movement - the 'occupation' throughout the USA. But when the family's lawsuit sucks the city's coffers dry with a monumental lawsuit, maybe then all host cities will learn to reign in the "playful wargames" of our nation's cops whose image has to be at an all time low. Imagine those Oakland mugger cops actually threw smoke bombs around the group that was attending to the severely injured Olsen - what crummy, sick demented bastards! Brown shirts morphed into while shits - may they live in infamy! Yeah - let's all sing the star-spangled banner in tribute to our men in blue!

+21 # reiverpacific 2011-10-29 17:29

I just hope that the Oakland Police Dep't has the decency to offer this young man compensation and not wait to be sued. -But I'm not holding my breath!
I believe that he had joined "Iraq Veterans against the War" or "Veterans for Peace" after his Iraq service and they will be a source of support for him.
But his medical bills (which are no doubt enormous already) in this ruinous non-system, should be taken out of the Darth Vader Oakland department budget. AND his after care AND counseling AND rehabilitation -whatever it takes.
Anybody in the financial sector willing to sell a yacht to help him out? -You all caused the need for this backlash in the first place.
Oh aye -and chalk this one up as another notch on Bush/ Cheney's balance sheet as war criminals for "collateral damage" to a disillusioned young American.

+33 # Seadoc 2011-10-29 18:17

The policeman who threw the canister should be tried for attempted murder. Wher is the justice?

+18 # unitedwestand 2011-10-30 01:42

I've attended my local Occupy Los Angeles, and I always come home feeling love for all mankind. The going mantra is, we are peaceful, we are the 99% and everyone is really accepting and non judgmental. It does feel a little like a love in but I welcome it because of the decade or so of the hate that has been served to us by our own government. The constant propaganda of having to fear and hate other countries and their cultures has been like a poison, and it takes a lot of time to reserve that damage to our psyche.

This movement want to change the paradigm to one of feeling safe, cared for and loved.

Several speakers and others expressed their love and concern for Scott Olsen today. This was so unnecessary and our hearts are all broken.

Power and love to all the wonderful protestors.

+17 # moby doug 2011-10-30 07:07

I wonder if anyone remembers the violent clashes between Oaklanders/Berkeley students and the Oalkland cops clear back in the Spring of '69. ...There's a history there.... I'm also remembering that LA Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed in 1970 during a Viet War protest by a tear gas cannister fired by LA County Sheriff's Dept. cop Tom Wilson, who was never prosecuted. Salazar was innocently sitting in a cafe when struck by the cannister... They are clearly lethal.

+9 # panhead49 2011-10-30 08:36

Quoting

This come exactly 40½ years after the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four demonstrators at Kent State University( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings ). That act galvanized the "movement" against the war in Viet Nam. Now, with expanded electronic media and the internet, The injuring of Scott Olsen was literally, a "shot heard 'round the World".

Many young soldiers deployed overseas, such as I was when Kent State occurred, are learning too much about how America operates against 99% of the population, in deference to that infernal 1%. Our soldiers in Iraq are preparing to return to "CONUS" in two months, and they're all very well aware of the "Occupy" movement and the circumstances of the wounding of one of their own.

I expect there will be a massive infusion of effort to the "Occupy" movement as we enter a "Winter of discontent" and an "American Spring". We owe it to ourselves and the Veterans who have fought to spread freedom and Democracy. We need to unwind the lies and deceit of the recent past, and learn the truths as they become evident.

Our returning troops are very accustomed to harsh living conditions. So no Mr/Ms Mayor the weather will not do your dirty work for you!

+12 # disgusted American 2011-10-30 14:23

If any of the 99% did this to a cop, that person would be in the slammer facing serious charges.

The Oakland cops will protect their own as in, Oh, we were just doing our job." At best, one or two of these pigs might get a slap on the wrist.

Meanwhile, Madame the Mayor, is just covering her butt, albeit, rather thinly.

This kind of stuff will ramp up the movement but it must remain peaceful. Watch out for gov't infiltrators who will try to turn the protests into mayhem so martial law can be installed. That's coming if it hasn't already started.

+4 # reiverpacific 2011-10-31 09:16

[quote name="disgusted American"]If any of the 99% did this to a cop, that person would be in the slammer facing serious charges.
Good analogy "disgusted"!
Hell, Troy Anthony Davis was just executed by the state of Georgia for ALLEGEDLY and unprovenly being involved in an off-duty cop shooting. Double-standard indeed; -as if cops were sacred cows (Bully-Bulls more like), especially in these all-too-often heavy handed occasions.!

+3 # Brooklyn Basics 2011-10-31 01:14

First, I hope Scott Olsen makes a full and speedy recovery.
Second, I hope his family gets a great lawyer and sues the Oakland Police Department. They have a history of inappropriate and deadly force. Remember when the policeman shot an unarmed civilian, who was being held down at the time by other policemen, and who was innocent of any crime?

+3 # tenayaca 2011-10-31 06:08

This is indeed a KENT STATE moment for this generation. Will we allow this to continue? Or will the police start to recognize that THEY are being USED by the 1% against their own people. WHERE are the police unions to start EDUCATING their members to STOP being the lackies of the wealthy???

Oh, as far as suing the Oakland Police Dept, not one penny will be coming out of the appropriate police pockets that you mention here. It would be from the general fund. That's how those municipal lawsuits go.

The Oakland Police have a LONG HISTORY of attacking protesters. Remember a few years ago when they were using rubber bullets and the photos of the injuries were online? Then Mayor Jerry Brown got up and DEFENDED the police! I was never so ashamed of him as at that moment. Wonder what he's thinking about this one now. If he had come down HARD THEN on their actions, maybe we wouldn't have had a Scott Olsen as the new rallying point.

+2 # readerz 2011-10-31 10:22

I agree that it is a Kent State moment. I live near Kent Ohio, and every year since that time people gather for memorial, workshops, etc. It turns out that the worst problem was not just the Vietnam War, but racism, then and now, as Ellisdtripp noted. Therefore, although the police should certainly pay as individuals (if the courts don't throw it out), the people of Oakland need to be paying too, and they need to be educated NOW. To this day, even though the crimes in Kent were committed by National Guard, the police in Kent also have a sign in the town police dept. holding cell that welcomes Kent students. Really stupid, considering that the town of Kent protects car dealers who create traffic problems that injure students, harass black students who go to restaurants downtown even though there are about 10 percent blacks in the student body, etc. So you have to confront the CITY of Oakland while they might be thinking twice about almost killing a war veteran. (Other colleges in Ohio are not in towns that backward.)

+3 # Scottford 2011-10-31 07:49

I hope all the pigs, including the mayor, are prosecuted and put into the general prison population for the three days they will survive there. If they get cancer that would be fine, too.

+4 # Ellisdtripp 2011-10-31 08:42

This is business as usual for the OPD. I lived in the Bay Area 1969-1981. It was amazing how many black males in Oakland committed suicide by shooting themselves in the back multiple times with police service revolvers. A real mystery.

0 # Dwinna Barker 2011-11-03 00:21

It is beyond shameful how the police have gotten away with brutality all across this country in all different circumstances. It is common sense that when the policies of these police departments are not only encouraging this type behavior, but actually demands it, the only way to stop it is to do much more than what has been done so far. City council meetings in every city should be packed with citizens demanding that these incompetent and wrong headed policies be changed immediately! If any civilian had done this, they would be behind bars and so should anyone who had anything to do with the attempted murder of Scott Olsen! There is absolutely no excuse! And, yes, I do believe that the Mayor, Chief of Police, along with anyone else involved in this shameful incident should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! I'm sick of certain citizens being held above the law while others are in prisons who don't even deserve to be there! There is so much injustice! Occupy has a huge job and I am so proud of all of them!!! Thank you, Occupy!!! I and everyone I know are with you! I will be taking food and pies to the local OccuPIE on Saturday!

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