American Police Use Israeli Tactics Against American Anti-war Protestors
Mon Apr 7, 2:05 PM ET A protestor, who refused to give her name, bears the wounds after she says was hit by Oakland police weapon during a anti-war protest in Oakland, Calif., Monday, Aug. 7, 2003 outside the port area. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) An Oakland Police officer fires a shotgun loaded with pellet-filled bean bags toward a group of anti-war protesters near the Port of Oakland, April 7, 2003. Oakland police fired rubber bullets and wooden pellets to disperse hundreds of anti-war protesters in what was believed to be the first such use against U.S. protesters since the American-led war on Iraq (news - web sites) began. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters) |