Occupy arrestee Kayvan Sabehgi badly hurt (armed forces veteran)

OAKLAND -- An armed forces veteran was in the intensive care unit of Highland Hospital after suffering serious injuries that he said were caused by a confrontation with police during this week's Occupy Oakland protests.

Kayvan Sabehgi was among the 103 people arrested early Thursday after a day of peaceful protests turned violent. He was arrested for remaining at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest, police said.

Sabehgi told members of Iraq Veterans Against the War that he was beaten by police with nightsticks on his hands, shoulders, ribs and back. He suffered internal injuries, including a lacerated spleen, he told the group.

Oakland police are investigating the allegations, said spokeswoman Johnna Watson.

Reuters has this..

former U.S. Army Ranger and Occupy Oakland protester per article.

so much for claim he was just minding his own business,, which per a tv news clip this morning, he co-owns a local brew pub in Oakland.

He was leaving the protest to go home. The irony.

zipped lips don’t attract night sticks.

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http://news.yahoo.com/army-veteran-injured-oakland-clashes-police-012503613.html

Army veteran injured in Oakland clashes with police
Reuters - Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former U.S. Army Ranger and Occupy Oakland protester was in intensive care on Friday after a veterans’ group said he was beaten by police during clashes with anti-Wall Street demonstrators this week.

On this site a man claiming to be a vet was found to be bogus, research will find out the fakes. Check out the whole blog below, amazing photos of the Denver bunch, and tons of background about the OWSers in general.

http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2011/10/evil-clowns-and-anti-capitalist-revolution-in-denver/

Here:

Mufti presented as peoples’ heroes two demonstrators who had been arrested by police, in Denver, and in New York. The first was William Hall, a.k.a. Billy “Reno,” who claims that he is a veteran Special Forces soldier who served in East Africa. It appears to those dedicated to exposing military “posers” that Reno is lying about his service.

Thread busting him here:

http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=105525

I emailed my friend, Major Diggs Brown, a National Guard Special Forces officer (Green Beret, and author of Your Neighbor Went to War,) because I thought that this Reno character didn’t sound smart enough to be in the Special Forces. He replied that it sure looks like the guy is a poser, and pointed me to this comment thread, where Reno is busted by people who actually served in the theater and units Reno claims to have served in.

“My name is Reno. I was arrested in a tent. Right here, I was hauled out of a tent in 22 degree weather. (crowd: YAY!) I went to jail, and they wouldn’t let me have my medicine (MMJ?) so I had to hunger strike it ’til they let me out. …

The Anarchist Black Cross, and this kitchen, they’re the only people who are getting our people out of jail. So let’s have a hand for the Anarchist Black Cross (crowd: YAY! big applause + drumming) and Krusty’s Kitchen over there. Every time they see us serving food, it gets at them, ’cause they can’t charge people for it, and any time we give something away, it gets at them, ’cause they can’t charge people for it, so what they do, is they put people in jail to try to silence this movement. We’re not going to let that happen today, are we? OCCUPY DENVER!!!”

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