The Keith Obermann show reported that another
Iraq Veteran was beaten in Oakland. After most
of the main action took place he was walking near
a group of the Black Bloc folks. He continued to
walk, past one line of cops then a small group
charged him, beat himwith belly clubs all over
his body. Later it was found they punctured his spleen.
He laid in pain on a jail floor for 18 hours
before he was trsnsfered to a hospital.
From the London Guardian
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/04/occupy-oakland-second-veteran-injured
Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes
Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated
spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after
Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons
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* <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/adam-gabbatt>Adam Gabbatt
* <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>guardian.co.uk,
Friday 4 November 2011 15.26 EDT
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history
Police used teargas to drive back protesters
following an attempt by the Occupy supporters to
shut down the city of Oakland. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious
injuries after clashes between police and
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-movement>Occupy
movement protesters in Oakland.
Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and
Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a
lacerated spleen. He says he was beaten by police
close to the
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-oakland>Occupy
Oakland camp, but despite suffering agonising
pain, did not reach hospital until 18 hours later.
Sabehgi, 32, is the second Iraq war veteran to be
hospitalised following involvement in Oakland
protests. Another protester, Scott Olsen,
suffered a fractured skull on 25 October.
On Wednesday night, police used teargas and
non-lethal projectiles to drive back protesters
following an attempt by the Occupy supporters to shut down the city of Oakland.
Sabehgi told the Guardian from hospital he was
walking alone along 14th Street in central
Oakland away from the main area of clashes when he was injured.
"There was a group of police in front of me," he
told the Guardian from his hospital bed. "They
told me to move, but I was like: 'Move to where?' There was nowhere to move.
"Then they lined up in front of me. I was talking
to one of them, saying 'Why are you doing this?'
when one moved forward and hit me in my arm and
legs and back with his baton. Then three or four
cops tackled me and arrested me."
Sabeghi, who left the army in 2007 and now
part-owns a small bar-restaurant in El Cerrito,
about 10 miles north of Oakland, said he was
handcuffed and placed in a police van for three
hours before being taken to jail. By the time he
got there he was in "unbelievable pain".
He said: "My stomach was really hurting, and it
got worse to the point where I couldn't stand up.
"I was on my hands and knees and crawled over the cell door to call for help."
A nurse was called and recommended Sabehgi take a
suppository, but he said he "didn't want to take it".
He was allowed to "crawl" to another cell to use
the toilet, but said it was clogged.
"I was vomiting and had diarrhoea," Sabehgi said.
"I just lay there in pain for hours."
Sabehgi's bail was posted in the mid-afternoon,
but he said he was unable to leave his cell
because of the pain. The cell door was closed,
and he remained on the floor until 6pm, when an ambulance was called.
He was taken to Highland hospital the same
hospital where Olsen was originally taken after
being hit in the head by a projectile apparently fired by police.
Sabehgi was due to undergo surgery on Friday
afternoon to repair his spleen, which would
involve using a clot or patch to prevent internal bleeding.
Thousands of protesters had attended the action
in Oakland on Wednesday, taking over the downtown
area of the city and blockading Oakland's port.
As demonstrations continued near the camp base at
Frank H Ogawa plaza during the evening, a group
of protesters occupied a disused building on 16th
Street at around 10.30pm, with some climbing up onto the roof.
There had been little police presence during the
day, but more than 200 officers arrived after
11pm. Some protesters had set fire to a hastily
assembled barrier at the corner of 16th Street
and Telegraph, in a bid to prevent access to the
occupied building, but police drove demonstrators
away from 16th Street using tear gas, flashbang
grenades, and non-lethal rounds.
Sabehgi said he had not been in the occupied
building, and was walking away from the main area
of trouble when he was injured.
He said he had his arms folded and was "totally
peaceful" before being arrested.
A spokeswoman for Highland hospital confirmed
Sabehgi had been admitted. Oakland police were
not immediately available for comment.
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