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December 18, 2012

Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Sues Oakland Police for Head Injury 
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In California, an Iraq War veteran has filed suit against the Oakland
police department for injuries sustained during an Occupy protest last
year. Scott Olsen suffered a fractured skull and was placed in a
medically induced coma after authorities fired non-lethal projectiles
into a crowd of demonstrators.

 

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