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Politics

Watch a Cop Lob a Flash Grenade Into a Group of Occupy Oakland Protesters Trying to Help a Seriously Injured Man

Matt Welch | 10.27.2011 7:01 AM

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I don't see any exculpatory interpretation of this event. I hope that cop gets fired, and worse. Certainly calls into question acting Police Chief Howard Jordan's claim that "The goal is not to cause injury."

Via the Twitter feed of Michael Tracey. Lucy Steigerwald wrote about the Oakland ruckus yesterday.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

PoliticsCivil LibertiesWar on DrugsMilitarization of PoliceOccupy Wall StreetWar on Cameras
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