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Hissyspit

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4. "Seven-figure"

Reply to Eric J in MN (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:18 AM

Mar 2014

Last edited Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:29 PM - Edit history (1)

$4.5 Million.

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Scott Olsen, U.S. Vet Nearly Killed by Police Beanbag at Occupy Oakland, Settles Lawsuit with City [View all] Eric J in MN Mar 2014 OP

You mean that country with Free Speech and Right to Assemble? Oh, not that country. valerief Mar 2014 #1

I'm sure not enough is going to come of this. LiberalFighter Mar 2014 #2

so who was responsible? reddread Mar 2014 #3

Who is Maduro? NT Eric J in MN Mar 2014 #6

One of Putin's lieutenants in the Klingon Empire n/t reddread Mar 2014 #7

urban warfare, an Oakland tradition since Brown came to town reddread Mar 2014 #38

"Seven-figure" Hissyspit Mar 2014 #4

link contains moving video of the vet questionseverything Mar 2014 #33

Problem is Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #5

Very much agreed ... Vox Moi Mar 2014 #9

deserving of every cent imo barbtries Mar 2014 #13

Also, when someone wins a lawsuit against a Police Dept Eric J in MN Mar 2014 #16

Or the policeman who committed the crime Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #19

Wouldn't police departments have some kind of liability insurance? mwooldri Mar 2014 #32

Iraq libodem Mar 2014 #8

They hate us for our freedom. (nt) Ino Mar 2014 #10

Our tax dollars at work. A giant system of abuse, fraud, theft... truthisfreedom Mar 2014 #11

He wasn't hit by a beanbag. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #12

Correct. He was believed to be hit by a metal tear gas canister at close range. SunSeeker Mar 2014 #15

He said that he was. Eric J in MN Mar 2014 #18

They used to call a beanbag projectile a blackjack or sap. Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #27

My grandmother had a BlackJack. I remember her saying it was illegal to posess when she notadmblnd Mar 2014 #31

Video: Hissyspit Mar 2014 #36

Yep. Beanbags don't spark. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #37

Here you go: Hissyspit Mar 2014 #35

One could hope that at least part of the settlement.... blackspade Mar 2014 #14

I doubt that the cop who shot him had to pay. Eric J in MN Mar 2014 #17

Oh, I know. blackspade Mar 2014 #21

which means the citizens of Oakland... Alameda Mar 2014 #23

You should see how they are treated in Venezuela. MADem Mar 2014 #20

And that makes Oakland a-ok then? blackspade Mar 2014 #22

What??????? I am not sure how you arrived at that conclusion. MADem Mar 2014 #24

best guess is Amy Goodman's attack at the RNC means little to the Schooling the America's crowd reddread Mar 2014 #25

And might the naive now realize the war isn't as existant over there as it is over here. bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #26

Oakland Tribune article alp227 Mar 2014 #28

O noes! They put him into the 1%! tclambert Mar 2014 #29

sadly, they didnt. reddread Mar 2014 #34

The pigs bloated pension fund should be used to pay the settlement. Dawson Leery Mar 2014 #30