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Eric Dolan at RawStory reports that "Eighty-four-year-old activist Dorli Rainey spoke to Countdown host Keith Olbermann on Wednesday night after being pepper sprayed by police the previous night during an "Occupy Seattle" protest."
The protest was formed in downtown Seattle in solidarity with "Occupy Wall Street" after it was raided by authorities. Police claimed they gave warnings to protesters for blocking streets during rush hour before trying to disperse them
Rainey said the protesters had decided to leave the intersection, and that police almost certainly knew this because of the protester's "people's microphone" method of communication. But before they could leave, police moved in and fired pepper spray at the crowd.
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Rainey, who grew up in Nazi Germany, expressed her displeasure with the mainstream American media, who only reported "soft, fluff entertainment" instead of hard-hitting news.
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"It would be so easy to say, `Well I'm going to retire, I'm going to sit around, watch television or eat bonbons,' but somebody's got to keep 'em awake and let 'em know what is really going on in this world," Rainey said.
