My friend and fellow 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. TWICE DEPLOYED, THREE TIMES CLOSE TO A IED and now he is shot by Oakland Police for peacefully standing in the street. I have known Scott for almost 3 years and he is a PEACEFUL person tired of the illegal wars and the the treatment of veterans when they get home.
Last week he took groceries to a Veterans family in Concord. The Vet had lost a leg in Iraq and has been waiting for 8 months for his disability check as many other disabled vets have waited. Scott was outraged that a man with 2 small children is trying to make it on his wifes fast food salary. He went to the demonstrations to protest the BANKERS manipulation of the WAR DEBT! This is very sad for me to see a friend go down this way!
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