today for the first time scott olson that marine that was injured during one of those protests sat down with me and shared his thoughts. >> reporter: the video caught by ktvu photographers last year showed an officer throws a projectile into a crowd trying to help injured marine scott olson who collapsed on the ground. today for the first time oakland police admitted to ktvu it was one of their officers. >> we expect our officers to follow the policies of the department and when they don't, we will hold them accountable. >> reporter: that -- the investigation into that protest and two others have taken months. >> i was shot like right here under my hair. >> reporter: tonight i spoke with scott olson who suffered a brain injury who was hurt by a projectile. >> i can still tell i was not fully recovered. i notice i have trouble with my speaking. >> reporter: he says he's surprised by the report. the chief is recommending disciplinary action for 44 officers. suspending 15 officers for up to a month and giving written reprimand to others. >> it's good to see that maybe they are taking a ste

today for the first time scott olson that marine that was injured during one of those protests sat down with me and shared his thoughts. >> reporter: the video caught by ktvu photographers last year showed an officer throws a projectile into a crowd trying to help injured marine scott olson who collapsed on the ground. today for the first time oakland police admitted to ktvu it was one of their officers. >> we expect our officers to follow the policies of the department and when they don't, we will hold them accountable. >> reporter: that -- the investigation into that protest and two others have taken months. >> i was shot like right here under my hair. >> reporter: tonight i spoke with scott olson who suffered a brain injury who was hurt by a projectile. >> i can still tell i was not fully recovered. i notice i have trouble with my speaking. >> reporter: he says he's surprised by the report. the chief is recommending disciplinary action for 44 officers. suspending 15 officers for up to a month and giving written reprimand to others. >> it's good to see that maybe they are taking a ste

. >> reporter: iraq veteran scott olson was among the crowd. one year ago, he was hit in the head by a canister of here gas by the oakland police. that led the chief of police to recommend earlier this month that more than 40 of his officers be disciplined for their actions during occupy oakland rallies. >> opd has committed a large number of violent acts against the community. and we need to make sure that, you know, we call them out and change their actions. >> reporter: protestors held signs and blocked traffic while marching in the road. overall, the demonstration was peaceful. >> i think it's actually a beautiful turnout. what the media has said about occupy oakland has turned people off about it. >> reporter: the group stopped at 19th and telegraph where they say the oakland lease have used extensive force. some residents are saying the protest was more pain than productive. >> i'm sick and tired of these people coming from out of town depleting our resources. resources that could be going for the betterment of our community. we have to p

has absolutely no interest in actually prosecuting criminals. >> reporter: we did reach out to scott olson tonight. he said he was surprised and he said he was happy and he hopes that this means that the oakland police department is moving in the right direction. now, the officers who are on the list to be disciplined or fired have a process. that means there is an appeals process for them and that process could take up to two months. reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> also in the east bay tonight hercules police officially named darnell and tanya washington as suspects in the killing of a retired elementary school teacher. washington state police spotted the pair driving suzy ko's stolen car on wednesday. police arrested the husband and wife who are linked to more crimes in southern california. investigators say darnell escaped from a san bernadino prison with his wife's help and shot a police officer. hercules detectives are now in washington state interviewing both suspects. their bail is set at $3 million each. >>> csi bay area. right now scientists at l

chief howard jordan confirms it was one of his officers who fired a beanbag at protestor scott olson, seriously injuring the iraq war veteran. >> permanently -- >> personally i don't think him losing a job is nearly enough. i think he committed a crime and should be put in jail. >> no one is saying what will happen to the unidentified officer, but a just released independent investigation claims four four oakland officers broke the department rules in several occupy protests over the past year. they are minor like officers failing to turn on their video recorders up to excessive use of force. >> i think it might be the first step in the right direction for opd. >> without naming names, the chief is recommending termination for two officers. one demotion, 15 suspensions and counseling and training for three officers and -- three officers and written rep pro maunds for 23 others. >> it was tough for howard jordan to do. it is tough to displane officers you are asking to go out in often violent situations. but he is a good cop and he is trying to be fair. >> but the head of the police un

chief howard jordan confirms it was one of his officers who fired a beanbag at protestor scott olson, seriously injuring the iraq war veteran. >> permanently -- >> personally i don't think him losing a job is nearly enough. i think he committed a crime and should be put in jail. >> no one is saying what will happen to the unidentified officer, but a just released independent investigation claims four four oakland officers broke the department rules in several occupy protests over the past year. they are minor like officers failing to turn on their video recorders up to excessive use of force. >> i think it might be the first step in the right direction for opd. >> without naming names, the chief is recommending termination for two officers. one demotion, 15 suspensions and counseling and training for three officers and -- three officers and written rep pro maunds for 23 others. >> it was tough for howard jordan to do. it is tough to displane officers you are asking to go out in often violent situations. but he is a good cop and he is trying to be fair. >> but the head of the police un

officials in lafayette says the drowning of scott olson over labor day was an accident and they closed the case. his body was found a week later. "the mercury news" reports the autopsy results that shows when olson drowned, his blood alcohol content was 0.23. that level of alcohol is almost three-times the legal driving limit. he was attending cal poly. >>> new news on a man who tried to kidnap a girl from an elementary school. bradley mrazek was facing several charges relating to that kidnapping case last week. now, he's facing another 18 counts for allegedly hiding in a daily city bathroom where he tried to take pictures of girls. mrazek is being held without bail. he's due back in court for a plea in the san mateo case on october 10th. >>> the first official debate of the 2012 election is one day away. workers in denver prepared the arena for its place in history. president obama and gop candidate mitt romney step on stage tomorrow night. it will be their first face-to-face meeting in nearly five years. both candidates have taken the debate seriously. romney aides brought two podium

here last year on october 25th after the lpd raided the camp and i was also the perp who drove scott olsonthe hospital after subsequent attack on him as well. and i'm here to sort of you know again do my part to make visible the police brutality. >> what they are doing here -- they wanted to do something with the cops they could do something much more interesting about occupying a world series game. but even more importantly than that, to stop the banks which is really behind all of this. >> reporter: a number of the demonstrators out here have their faces covered already. we have also seen a couple with shields. now of course we will stay out here all night long monitoring the march as well as the demonstration. we'll bring you any breaking developments. live in oakland cara liu ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor jerry brown spoke to ktvu today live on the morning news about his promise to help oakland fight its skyrocketing crime rate. >> the highway patrol will be going to both oakland and stockton. we'll make an announcement in the next couple of days. it will be for a limited period of

chief howard jordan confirms it was one of his officers who fired a beanbag at protestor scott olson, -- >> personally i don't think him losing a job is nearly enough. i think he committed a crime and should be put in jail. >> no one is saying what will happen to the unidentified officer, but a just released independent investigation claims four four oakland officers broke the department rules in several occupy protests over the past year. they are minor like officers failing to turn on their video recorders up to excessive use of force. >> i think it might be the first step in the right direction for opd. >> without naming names, the chief is recommending termination for two officers. one demotion, 15 suspensions and counseling and training for three officers and -- three officers and written rep pro maunds for 23 others. >> it was tough for howard jordan to do. it is tough to displane of go ouing to go out in often violent situations. but he is a good cop and he is trying to be fair. >> but the head of the police union is furious, blaming city hall for botching the occupy protests a

marine veteran, scott olson, was struck in the head during a confrontation. he was at the march tonight. >> i think this is a great turnout. i think a lot of people care about holding opd accountable. >> reporter: oakland police is keeping a close watch on protesters, by following along in special jeeps, on foot and in vans. banks and businesses boarded up their windows just in case there was violence. overall, the occupy protest was peaceful. reporting live in oakland. >> thank you very much, cheryl. >>> coming up, children working in our fields, picking fruits and vegetables. >> i was shocked. >>> now, renewed efforts in washington to change child labor laws. >>> also, in the bling of an eye. a man robs a local jewelry store. we have video that shows the whole thing. >>> scary moments for tigers pitcher doug fister. we'll let you know how he's doing after the game. >>> good evening. a lot more sunshine today. temperatures warmed up a little bit. and that rainfall is on a push here off to the north. so, here we go. high pressure moving in for a warming weeke

in this crowd of demonstrators marching through downtown oak -- oakland is scott olson. one year ago, olson became one of the faces of the local movement. the iraq war veteran was severely injured after a projectile hit him in the head. police recently confirmed that projectile was a bean bag fired by an oakland police officer. >> i still have a hard time believing that oakland police officers would shoot a veteran who is doing nothing wrong. i still have a hard time believing that. we're here to hold them accountable tonight and to make them answer for their ages. >> reporter: olsen says he is still recovering from a traumatic brain injury >> i still have problem with my speech, memory and concentration at times. >> reporter: many of the demonstrators here tonight are still upset about the police response a year ago and were very vocal in front of dozens of officers who were standing by. tonight a very different and much more peaceful dynamic between police and protesters compared to one year ago. live in oakland, cara liu. >>> in 90 seconds -- >> shouldn't the port hav

the chief howard jordan confirmed it was one of his officers that fired a beanbag at scott olson seriously injuring the iraq war veteran. >> losing his job is not nearly enough. i think he committed a crime and he should be put in jail. >> no one will say what happened to the unidentified officer but an independent investigation claims 44 officers broke rules over the past year. violations are mostly minor like officers failing to turn on their video recorders all the way up to false arrests and excessive use of force. >> it might be the first step in direction for opd as far as accountability. >> reporter: without naming names, they are recommending termination for two officers, one demotion, 15 suspensions and counseling and training for three officers and written reprimands for 23 others. >> this is very tough. it's very discipline officers how are asking to go out in violent situations. he is at the top and i think he is trying to be fair. >> the head of the police union is furious blaming city hall for botching the occupy protests and making officers the scapegoats. >> these officers

in this crowd of demonstrators marching through downtown oak -- oakland is scott olson. one year ago, olson became one of the faces of the local movement. the iraq war veteran was severely injured after a projectile hit him in the head. police recently confirmed that projectile was a bean bag fired by an oakland police officer. >> i still have a hard time believing that oakland police officers would shoot a veteran who is doing nothing wrong. i still have a hard time believing that. we're here to hold them accountable tonight and to make them answer for their ages. >> reporter: olsen says he is still recovering from a traumatic brain injury >> i still have problem with my speech, memory and concentration at times. >> reporter: many of the demonstrators here tonight are still upset about the police response a year ago and were very vocal in front of dozens of officers who were standing by. tonight a very different and much more peaceful dynamic between police and protesters compared to one year ago. live in oakland, cara liu. >>> in 90 seconds -- >> shouldn't the port hav

>>reporter: today report also revealed new information about injured protestors scott olson who suffered a fractured skull remember after being struck by a police. remember. that chief howard jordan said today it was one of his officers who fired the bean bag not someone from an outside agency. >> 2 students at uc berkeley accused of decapitating an exotic bird at last vegas hote hotel. eric and justin who attend uc berkeley school of law were arrested this afternoon. they were reportedly captured on surveillance video chasing the bird into the trees and then carrying its body and severed head for some reason. the bird was a helmet guinea fowl like this. they face felony charges of torture and killing of wild life. >>> of san jose tonight an issue over how long it takes police to respond to crime. only on 7 investigation finds slow response times. may also be affecting the ability of paramedic to do their job in an emergency. story tonight from 7 news reporter david louis. >> already a busy evening when police officers investigating an officer involved somewhating at the cal-trans statio

one of the protestors was iraq war veteran scott olson. he suffered a severe brain injury after oakland officers fired bean bags. one hit him in a the head last year. olson was in a wheelchair and wore a safety helmet last night. he says he still has trouble with his speech but wanted to join in the rally. >>> in just a couple of hours the giants head for the airport. they will fly to detroit for game three of the world series. last night the giants bats, helmets, uniforms were all packed up and loaded for that flight to detroit. the players will be showing up at at & t park at about 8:00. they will catch a bus to the airport at 9:00 and fly to detroit around 10:00. >> and the bunt is going to roll and stay fair. >> how about that. last night the ball really bounced the giants way again in game two. they capitalized on that bunt to take the lead in the seventh. hunter pence scored the go ahead run and hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth and giants won the game 2-0. >> we're feeling confident right now. we are seeing what happened to all the

. >> scott olson took part in last nights march. he is the person that suffered a severe brain injury during a protest last year and says he was hit by a bean bag fired by police. olson was if a wheelchair and wore a safety helmet. he says he still has trouble with his speech but wanted to join in the protest he says to hold police accountable for their actions. >>> time is now 6:06. the giants won again last night. they will be leaving for detroit in a few hours for more of the world series. ktvu claudine wong is joining us live she is at at & t park again where the team will be coming together in a little while. claudine. >> reporter: we do expect the players here in a couple hours. right now we want to take you back into the ballpark. kind of walk you through. this is a beautiful shot. really just because we can. obviously they are not playing here they will be on the road. we have seen crews busy all morning long cleaning up and getting things ready. we know there is quite a mess out there. they are taking a break right now. it

chief howard jordan confirmed it was one of his officers who fired a beanbag at protester scott olson, seriously injuring the iraq war veteran. >> personally i don't think losing a job is nearly enough. i think that you committed a crime and should be put in jail. >> no one is saying what will happen to that unidentified officer, but a just released independent investigation claims 44 oakland officers broke department rules over several protests over the past year. violations are mostly minor like officers failing to turn on their video recorders, all the way up to false arrest and excessive use of force. >> i think it might be the first step in the right direction for opd towards accountability. >> without naming names, the chief is recommending termination for two officers, one demotion, 15 suspensions, counseling and training for three officers and written reprimands for 23 others. >> this is very tough for howard jordan to do. it is very tough to discipline officers who you are asking to go out in violent situations but he's a good could cop and i think he's trying to be fair. >>

chief howard jordan confirmed it was one of his officers who fired a beanbag at protester scott olson, seriously injuring the iraq war veteran. >> personally i don't think losing a job is nearly enough. i think that you committed a crime and should be put in jail. >> no one is saying what will happen to that unidentified officer, but a just released independent investigation claims 44 oakland officers broke department rules over several protests over the past year. violations are mostly minor like officers failing to turn on their jody recorders, all the way up to false arrest and excessive use of force. >> i think it might be the first step in the right direction for opd towards accountability. >> without naming names, the chief is recommendation termination for two officers, window motion, 15 suspensions, counseling and training for three officers and written reprimands for 23 others. >> this is very tough for howard jordan to do. it is very tough to discipline officers who you are asking to go out in violent situations oftentimes but he's a good could be cop and i think he's trying

they admit it was one of its own officers who fired a bean bag last october critically injuring scott olson. >> police have proven time and time again that they are -- you know they are willing to commit violent acts when it's not needed and that doesn't make me feel safe in my community. >> when the officers are found to have done something wrong we will hold them responsible. >> oakland police chief howard jordon said he wants to fire two officers, demote one, send three to counseling and training, suspend 15 and reprimand21 others. the police officer's association accuses the department of scapegoating officers. >>> oakland mayor said the majority of officers obey the law and protect the city but called the chief's recommendations fair and balanced. >> because the complaints are wide ranging from covering up your badge, not having your camera on, actually hurting somebody. it's a wide range. >> she said the city plans to have a ruling on all complaints by october 25th which is the deadline required by state law. >> we have new information about a police standoff in holster. around 3:40 t

me and front of the police line moments later scott was critically injured after being shot at point blank range in the head with a tear gas canister now olson who served two tours in iraq as a u.s. marine protecting our so-called freedoms here in the u.s. suffered a fractured skull at the hands of the oakland police for simply trying to exercise the rights he fought to protect his case prompted an outpouring of sympathy from the community and galvanized thousands more toward the occupy movements cause so for putting your body on the line against an oppressive police force representing a two tiered justice system and a system based on any quality scott olsen you're both a bad ass and our hero of the day so he's the hero who's the villain this is a good one folks thanks to some newly released footage we can clearly call out this guy right here pat moran if this name sounds familiar it's because good old patman rand is the son of democratic virginia congressman jim moran and he's also the field director of the arlington office for his father's campaign just a few weeks ago our friend pat i'm self in a teensy bit of a bind when he let his guard