LOS ANGELES: An Iraq war veteran critically injured in 2011 Occupy protests in California has won $4.5 million in a legal settlement with local authorities, his lawyers said.
Scott Olsen, who served two tours in Iraq, suffered brain damage when riot police used tear gas to disperse protestors in Oakland on October 25.
Olsen, 26, welcomed the settlement but said it could not compensate for his injuries including a fractured skull.
"It's certainly not enough to make up for a part of my brain that is dead and will forever be dead," Olsen told the Democracy Now! video news outlet.
He gave an outdoor press conference not far from where he was injured, saying he had not expected to be disabled due to police action at home, having survived war-torn Iraq.
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