I’m sure everyone’s heard about this by now, the cop in NYC who was assaulted in the middle of a protest group. There are some things people might not have heard. First of all, the guy who was later arrested for the assault was not a member of the group protesting. Let me repeat that. He was not a protester. He was just some guy with a long arrest record, who found his way into the group of people, and decided to beat the cop up. The people were protesting peacefully.

While no one deserves an assault like that, neither does anyone deserve what the police officer was doing. First of all, he was a plainclothes cop, so no one knew he was an officer. With that in mind, take a look at this video: link (Unfortunately, you need Windows Media Player for that.) How would you react if someone in plainclothes, that didn’t identify himself as a police officer (he may have, I don’t know) was riding through the crowd on a scooter and running people over? He didn’t deserve the beating he got, but I certainly wouldn’t be upset if people tried to get him off the scooter and stop him, if only in self defense.

And let me state again, for the record, that the guy who assaulted him was not part of the protest group. It was not a politically motivated beating. Unlike, say, this one. Now, there’s no excuse for what these protesters did. I’m not at all supported them making their way into the RNC when they shouldn’t have been there. Still, that’s no excuse for what was done there. Wonderful advertising for monster.com, too.

As for the rest of the police in New York City, they don’t seem to be doing such a great job, either. It’s nice to know we’re not living in a police state, where people can get arrested for just walking down the street. Er, I guess that’s only when the Republicans aren’t in town.

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