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| Courtesy of Occupy Wall Street |
Iraq and Afhganistan War veterans occupy the Obama Reelection Campaign headquarters in Oakland to demand the full pardon and immediate release of whistle-blower, U.S. Private Bradley Manning. Two youtubes below - the first uploaded by Russia Today; the second, by veteran and peace activist Scott Olsen, who was shot in the head with a police projectile during Mayor Quan's massive police crackdown on Occupy Oakland. He is shown in the photo above, seated with the group in the middle.
A boisterous rally outside:
In the next segment, demonstrators are reportedly attacked by an irate male staffer or volunteer who hits at least one of the veterans with a chair (OWS reports that he hit Scott Olsen with a chair - I believe he is holding the camera and leaves to upload the video). Six protesters are then arrested. I am not seeing any report that the assailant was arrested.
Third party candidate Rocky Anderson has stated that he would pardon Bradley Manning if he were elected President. At the video link shared, he synopsizes the reasons for Private Manning's arrest and the deplorable conditions surrounding his detention. Long-time activist and Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg also discusses the Bradley Manning case here in his interview about Ecuador's decision to grant political asylum to Julian Assange.
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