Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland

A veteran of Iraq was seriously injured Tuesday night in the dispersal by police of an anti-Wall Street in Oakland (California), near San Francisco, activists said Wednesday.
Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland
The police had said initially that the clashes between protesters and security forces had been no injuries, but the spokesman for the hospital Highland General Hospital, Curt Olsen, confirmed that the Navy had Scott Olsen been admitted to emergency in critical condition.
Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland
The spokesman, who has no relationship to the victim, said he could not say anything more about the condition of the wounded without the consent of the family.
Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland
The combination of "Veterans against the war in Iraq" (Iraq Veterans Against the War) said in a statement that Scott Olsen suffered a fractured skull after being hit by "a shot of the police."
Scott Olsen Occupy Oakland
Keith Shannon, a friend of Mr. Olsen, and also veteran, said in a statement that the victim had participated in demonstrations in Oakland because "he found that large firms and banks had too much influence over the government" .

The police were not immediately available for comment on the report.

Tuesday night, police had made particular use of tear gas and bullets weighted (several tiny balls together in a plastic envelope) after hundreds of militants had attacked the police with various projectiles. Nearly one hundred people were arrested.

The protesters planned to march again Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. local. Police said the demonstrators would not be allowed to remain in the city center after 22:00.

Activists of "Let's take care Wall Street" are installed since September 17 in the financial district of Wall Street in New York to denounce the excesses of the financial world and growing inequalities. Other protesters have done the same in the country, including Chicago.