Oakland Cop Fired Over Occupy Incident Reinstated With Back Pay

Inside Bay Area
Jul. 31, 2014

They say they can't determine who shot the lead round at his head and police are stonewalling, so no one gets in trouble and everyone gets to keep their job. Seems legit. - Chris OAKLAND -- A police officer fired for throwing a tear gas grenade into a crowd of Occupy Oakland protesters who were tending to a wounded comrade is getting his job back.

An arbitrator on Wednesday overturned the Police Department's termination of Officer Robert Roche and ordered him reinstated with back pay.

Roche became the lightning rod over police handling of the 2011 Occupy protests when he was caught on camera tossing the grenade into a crowd of protesters trying to assist Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen.

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