The Oakland police are shooting lethal weapons at protestors' faces

[CreekDog]

See, when you aim at someone's face, there is no non-lethal weapon.

I knew someone who was hit by one of those years ago and the blood and the bruise, very near their eye, certainly was within inches of a devastating eye injury.

This has got to stop.

And last night, they hit a protestor in the head/face, an Iraq War veteran, and he hit his head on the pavement after falling down, his brain swelled and he's now unconscious in the hospital.

Is this a free country when peaceful protestors are shot in the face with objects? And what of a police department that does this and has done it in the past?

http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition

[Poll_Blind]

1. Intentional misuse of devices designated as less-than lethal is criminal and not protected.

Period.

PB

[valerief]

2. First Amendment protesting rights have been outlawed. The Constitution has been retired. nt

[Ian David]

3. They had to shoot them in the face to protect them from unsanitary conditions.

:sarcasm:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. Geeze,

I'm not in Oakland but if I was I'd go there. Now there should be 10,000 more people going there today. They can't put EVERYONE in jail...................... :grr:

[Starry Messenger]

5. Good point Creeky.

OPD has a bad history of militarized reactions to things. I hope this has finally gone too far and that there is a sea change.