Thursday, July 30, 2009

Man Arrested for Saying He Hates the Police

This might have legs. I wouldn't be surprised to see a test case to come out of this. The Gates arrest might have the unintended consequence of persuading more people to think of disorderly conduct arrests as merely tools for police to stifle protest.

"People talk about the Gates thing in terms of race, but it's an ongoing problem of police using disorderly conduct to shut people up."