July 24, 2020This story also ran on .There’s a gap in Scott Olsen’s memory for the night of Oct. 25, 2011.The Iraq War vet remembers leaving his tech job in the San Francisco Bay Area and taking a BART train to join an against economic and social inequality.He remembers standing near protesters who faced off with Oakland police officers bristling with riot gear.He remembers being carried away by other protesters.But not the moment when a “bean bag” round fired from an officer’s 12-gauge shotgun crashed into the left side of his head, fracturing his skull and inflicting a near-fatal brain...…July 24, 2020This story also ran on .There’s a gap in Scott Olsen’s memory for the night of Oct. 25, 2011.The Iraq War vet remembers leaving his tech job in the San Francisco Bay Area and taking a BART train to join an against economic and social inequality.He remembers standing near protesters who faced off with Oakland police officers bristling with riot gear.He remembers being carried away by other protesters.But not the moment when a “bean bag” round fired from an officer’s 12-gauge shotgun crashed into the left side of his head, fracturing his skull and inflicting a near-fatal brain...WW…

June 19, 2020This story also ran on .Warning: Graphic images and video below.Megan Matthews thought she was dying.“I thought my head was blown off,” said Matthews, 22, who was hit in the eye with a sponge-tipped projectile fired by law enforcement at a May 29 protest in Denver. “Everything was dark. I couldn’t see.”Matthews, a soft-spoken art major who lives with her mother, had gone to the demonstration against police brutality carrying bandages, water bottles and milk so she could provide first aid to protesters.“I couldn’t really grasp how bad my injury was,” said Matthews, who sustained...…June 19, 2020This story also ran on .Warning: Graphic images and video below.Megan Matthews thought she was dying.“I thought my head was blown off,” said Matthews, 22, who was hit in the eye with a sponge-tipped projectile fired by law enforcement at a May 29 protest in Denver. “Everything was dark. I couldn’t see.”Matthews, a soft-spoken art major who lives with her mother, had gone to the demonstration against police brutality carrying bandages, water bottles and milk so she could provide first aid to protesters.“I couldn’t really grasp how bad my injury was,” said Matthews, who sustained...WW…