{"id":27410,"date":"2011-10-28T18:24:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=27410"},"modified":"2011-10-28T18:24:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T22:24:50","slug":"video-of-the-day-scott-olsen-shot-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/10\/28\/video-of-the-day-scott-olsen-shot-in-the-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of the Day: Scott Olsen Shot in the Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Footage of Scott Olsen being shot by Police at Occupy Oakland\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zEj_4fqDbnM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult to watch this video and not be angry. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/oct\/28\/occupy-oakland-occupy-movement\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Olsen<\/a> is an Iraq war vet who did two tours of duty. As this video demonstrates, he appears to have been deliberately shot in the face with a tear gas canister by Oakland police. The people who were trying to rescue him were obviously the targets of a concussion grenade thrown by an identifiable police officer. Both of these assaults by police upon demonstrators were also clearly unprovoked. This is a reminder that the police and the officials responsible for them too often appear to behave like a praetorian guard rather than servants of the public as a whole. It is almost a guarantee that no police officer or public official will face any charges or even be held accountable for this incident. We see every day that this is not how it is done. It is, however, a guarantee that there will be a campaign to blame the protesters and even Olsen himself for the injuries he suffered. We see every day that this <em>is<\/em> how it is done.<\/p>\n<p>Olsen is currently in hospital awaiting brain surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s difficult to watch this video and not be angry. Scott Olsen is an Iraq war vet who did two tours of duty. As this video demonstrates, he appears to have been deliberately shot in the face with a tear gas canister by Oakland police. 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