Generally speaking when I hear about an incident where the police used excessive force I side with the police. Any time I'm unsure what happened the police are given the benefit of the doubt. Why? We ask our police (and our military) to go into dangerous situations that most of us are unwilling or unable to do for ourselves. When it comes to a fight or worse a shoot out you have a split second to assess the situation and make a decision and the wrong decision could easily cost someone their life.
With that said I'm fucking pissed about the police brutality that happened in Los Angeles at the illegal immigrant rally. There is reason to believe that the police were baited into action but that hardly matters when they start attacking members of the press, women and children. I hope ever policeman involved with this action is fired, discharged (whatever they do to cops) for this outrage.
