Positional Distortion

Oakland Policeman Throws Flash Grenade Into Crowd Trying To Help Injured Protester

“Veteran For Peace member Scott Olsen, a Marine Corps veteran twice deployed to Iraq, is in hospital now in stable but serious condition with a fractured skull, struck by a police projectile fired into a crowd in downtown Oakland, California in the early morning hours of today.”

(via Veterans for Peace)

You kind of have to see this video to believe it. There is a person bleeding from the face on the ground, not moving. A small crowd of protesters moves in to help and a police officer about 20 feet away lobs an exploding gas canister directly on top of the injured person, in the center of the crowd.

I don’t care if you’re behind the movement or not, it’s a sad day when a veteran gets a fractured skull by a police officer for exercising the right to free speech.

via boingboing