Palo Alto sent 10 officers to Oakland to assist at the site of Occupy Oakland early Tuesday morning. Palo Alto PD Sgt. Kara Apple said that the PAPD uses hand thrown tear gas canisters and does not use rubber bullets.
The internet rumor is that
Scott Olsen was wounded by a less-lethal round fired by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police
And now the Palo Alto Police Dept. has thrown the San Francisco Sheriffs Dept under the bus. Ultimately pointing a finger at the SFFD and yelling "Don't look at us, it was them".
We now have a crack in the the thin blue line. Stay tuned for more breaking news in the thin blue line. You are now returned to your regularly scheduled programming.
Thu Oct 27, 2011 at 9:53 PM PT: When Egypt teargassed and beat protestors in Tahrir Square, the world, including the Obama administration, howled in outrage.
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