Scott Olsen: recovery process has been 'very frustrating'

Scott Olsen has given his first video interview since he was seriously injured during clashes between police and Occupy Oakland protesters in October.

The Iraq war veteran was left unable to talk after he was allegedly struck in the forehead by a police projectile, damaging the speech centre of his brain. Olsen, 24, has since regained his speech, but video of the interview shows him speaking slowly and struggling to enunciate some words. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Occupy Oakland protesters were evicted from their base at Frank H Ogawa plaza on 11 November but are planning to re-occupy the space on Tuesday afternoon.

Indybay.org, a not-for-profit media website, interviewed Olsen at the plaza on Sunday, posting the footage online.

In the video Olsen is critical of the police investigation into the events leading up to his injury, questioning the length of time the process is taking.

"You would think something like this wouldn't take too long to find out who is responsible, but it's been over a month," he says. "How long does it take to see who fired this at me?"

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