Egyptian Brutality Comes to America: Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Peaceful Protesters

Submitted by George Washington on 10/26/2011 18:46 -0400

This is not Egypt, Greece or Italy ... this is America:

Video: Veteran shot in the face by police projectile at Occupy Oakland protests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbbWAgB ... r_embedded

The injured gentlemen is Veterans for Peace member Scott Olsen, allegedly shot with a rubber bullet.



This is another gentlemen allegedly shot in the face with a rubber bullet (his injury is above his right eye, while the injury to Scott Olsen appears to be on the left side of his face):



Here are police roughing up a peaceful woman protester:

Video: Oakland Police Beat a Woman at Occupy Oakland Raid 10-25-11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... wL7jCL88Tw

Video: Oakland Policeman Throws Flash Grenade Into Crowd Trying To Help Injured Protester http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLyUK0t ... r_embedded

Some are calling this the "new Kent State". https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt/sta ... 2474345472

And protesters from Tahrir Square, Egypt, say this is what it looked like there.

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/eg ... protesters