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DESCRIPTION:As part of Veterans Day, veterans will be leading a march against police 
 brutality on November 11th, 2011 in Oakland. We will start with a press 
 conference and rally with an update and statement from Scott Olsen at Oscar 
 Grant Plaza starting at 4pm.\n\nWe welcome all veterans of the 99% to lead 
 the way and all supporters to join us as we march the streets. We march not 
 only for injured veterans Scott Olsen, Kayvan Sabeghi and Doug Connor, but 
 for all those who have been killed or injured as a result of police 
 brutality.\n \nKayvan Sabeghi and Doug Connor were injured on November 3, 
 2011 while being detained near Oscar Grant Plaza. Kayvan was severely 
 beaten and suffered a lacerated spleen and internal bleeding. He was abused 
 and denied medical treatment.  For hours, Kayvan waited in a holding cell 
 in severe pain before receiving medical attention. Doug is an ex-army 
 flight nurse who was attempting to help injured protesters in jail when he 
 was then put in additional handcuffs that were so tight on his wrists that 
 his hands turned blue and were numb. He was left in those handcuffs for 
 several hours until he was released.\n\nNumerous injuries have been 
 incurred at the hands of the police in our communities. This is 
 unacceptable. \nWe strongly believe that the 99% should be free to exercise 
 our constitutionally guaranteed right of free speech and peaceful assembly 
 without fear of harm.\n\nOakland citizens have long been on the receiving 
 end of police violence.  The most recent victims have been military 
 veterans who served their country in foreign wars, only to be seriously 
 injured at home as they exercised the freedoms they served to 
 protect.\n\nWhile it has been the recent injurious of three of our military 
 brothers that has catalyzed us, we stand against violence and brutality 
 toward ANY of our people- veteran, civilian or otherwise.\n\nAs military 
 members, we put our lives on the line in the name of protecting our country 
 and its citizens (including the police).  We take our oath to protect and 
 defend the Constitution very seriously and while we may have departed the 
 military, we never disavowed our commitment.\n\nWe will return to the 
 streets this Veterans Day to remember our brothers and sisters who have 
 served to protect the freedoms that the Oakland Police Department and the 
 Alameda County Sheriffs have decided do not exist.  We join the people of 
 Oakland in affirmation of our Constitution, our right to peacefully 
 assemble and to do so without fear of violence from those sworn to protect 
 and serve.\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/08/18698323.php
SUMMARY:Veterans March Against Police Brutality
LOCATION:14th & BROADWAY, OSCAR GRANT PLAZA, Amphitheater
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/08/18698323.php
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