CALIFORNIA
The roommate of an Iraq War veteran seriously injured in a clash with police during an anti-Wall Street protest says Scott Olsen is doing well and doctors say he'll make a full recovery. Keith Shannon served with the 24-year-old former Marine in Iraq.
He tells The Associated Press that he visited Olsen at a medical facility Sunday and he "seems to be doing well." Shannon says Olsen still can't talk but doctors expect him to make a full recovery. Olsen suffered a fractured skull and other head injuries during the clash Tuesday. Police are investigating how Olsen was struck by a projectile.
In Oakland on Monday, officials returned medical supplies that were confiscated during last week's raid. The return of the medical supplies came a day after a notice went out threatening a demonstration at Mayor Jean Quan's office if the materials weren't given back. Occupy organizers, however, deny any connection with that notice.
NEW YORK
In New York City, an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator videotaped in a police altercation met with prosecutors Monday to discuss the incident. Felix Rivera-Pitre wants prosecutors to bring assault charges against Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona.
Attorney Ronald Kuby said prosecutors didn't say whether they planned to do so after the meeting. He said they indicated the investigation would continue for a few weeks.
Upstate, two Occupy Rochester protesters were ticketed Monday for violating city ordinances at a park where 32 demonstrators were rounded up on trespassing charges three nights earlier.
Those are the first arrests in upstate New York's major cities among supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Some protesters said they believed officials issued the arrests with the intention of trying to break apart the city's demonstration. But Mayor Thomas Richards said the arrests weren't a punitive response. Rather, he said, the arrests were designed to prevent confrontations over health and safety concerns that have cropped up in other cities around the country.
OREGON
The last campers in Bend folded their tents Sunday after two weeks of marches and demonstrations. Coordinator Vic Hesher told KTVZ that nearly 2,000 people came through the camp. Nearly 400 took part in Saturday's final march and rally. Organizers say they'll continue meeting on Wednesday nights at a church. The vacant lot they've been occupying is city property.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence officials said they would not immediately begin legal proceedings against protesters who defied a weekend deadline to dismantle their tents and leave a public park where they have been camping. Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Pare said city lawyers are drawing up a complaint and consulting with a local attorney who has come forward on behalf of the protesters.
But Providence won't follow the actions of other cities, including Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., where there have been widespread arrests and even some violent clashes with police seeking to clear encampments, Mayor Angel Taveras said.
