[UPDATED 11/1/11: A new video shot by Ernest Doty, one of the people who carried Scott Olsen to safety on October 25, offers yet another angle of the incident. In the video, an unidentified man who helped carry Olsen says police on the line used shotguns to fire beanbags at the crowd.]
As Marine veteran Scott Olsen’s health slowly improves after having his skull fractured by a projectile, most likely a police projectile, on the night of October 24, speculation continues to swirl about what hit Olsen and where it came from. In addition to Oakland Police, officers from the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, Palo Alto Police Department, and California Highway Patrol were deployed as mutual aid at the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway.
Video from the skirmish line on Tuesday evening shows an officer holding a shotgun retreat from the front line of the barricade, then lob a flash-bang grenade into the crowd trying to help Olsen.