Oakland Police Used ‘An Overwhelming Military-Type Response’ Against Occupy Protests, Offical Report Says

Oakland Police Used ‘An Overwhelming Military-Type Response’ Against Occupy Protests, Offical Report Says: Oakland police used “an overwhelming military-type response” to deal with Occupy protesters that took to city streets last fall, according to a new report from an outside monitor released early this week. The report also confirmed for the first time that it was police who fired a beanbag round that hit Iraq War veteran Scott [...]/p