99 Purrcenter of the Day: Washington City Paper‘s Shani Hilton caught this odd photo/headline pairing in the Washington Post‘s print coverage of yesterday’s Occupy Oakland raid, which she says “amounted to an AP picture of your friendly local Oakland police officer petting a kitten and a headline which read: ‘Protesters Wearing Out Their Welcome Nationwide’.”
Meanwhile, Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen, who was allegedly shot in the head with a rubber bullet during yesterday’s raid on Occupy Oakland, is in critical condition after sustaining a skull fracture resulting in a swelling of the brain.
“This poor guy was right behind me when he was hit in the head with a police projectile,” said photographer Jay Finneburgh, who snapped these photos of an injured Olsen. “He went down hard and did not get up.”
A friend of Olsen’s said she was told his situation was “serious but stable,” and that he is currently unconscious after being sedated.
Oakland police released a statement earlier denying the use of rubber bullets against protesters, but photos allegedly taken at the scene suggest otherwise.
UPDATE: Asked to explain her choice of image, Washington Post photo editor Carol McKay said she made the decision before photos from the latest raid hit the wires. On why she chose this particular photo, McKay says “it was a visual ‘moment’ in time showing a police officer doing something interesting–not just walking through tents and trash.”
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