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The "medic" you show in the photo isn't really a medic. He was interviewed on several broadcasts and was only dressed up as a medic hoping to not get arrested.

Shouldn't a review of police procedures, and the manner in which those procedures were carried out, be mandatory after any event anywhere near the size and complexity of the RNC? It has nothing to do with any particular political agenda -- any private company putting on or participating in an event like that would expect reviews as a matter of course.

The response on Monday was understandable, given the violence. Mistakes were made, like the arrest of Amy Goodman and an AP photographer. But where things really went wrong was in the needless "time-out" ban on a peace protest Thursday. CNN Headline News showed embarrassing videos of police gassing demonstrators who were peaceful and legal. The Thursday actions deserve the most review.

Is that people cannot even be civilized anymore. You can have any opinion you want to have, but why do they feel the need to be violent? There is a big difference between freedom of speech and criminal behavior and the 2 do NOT go hand in hand. I give props to the police for enforcing the laws and protection of those that are mature and know the difference between those two.

should include exhaustive testimony from those innocent bystanders and peaceful protesters who were swept up by overly-zealous cops, some of whom ripped press id cards off journalists and some who informed arrestees that "you have no rights" when they pushed them to the sidewalk to be cuffed. And from those held by Ramsey County who were denied access to their medication. And from the severely anemic woman who was, at least for a time, denied medical care. The person "dressed up as a medic" in the above picture is no doubt one of a large group of citizens who were specially trained to flush the eyes of persons who were maced directly in their faces and to wash off the pepper spray that burnt their skin. Some of these citizen-medics were apparently targeted for arrest. I am ALL FOR an investigation and believe it will show that local cops were, for the most part, their helpful and polite selves. Those trained by Homeland Security and the FBI came infected with all the paranoia of Dick Cheney and the Patriot Act. Those conducting the review must NOT come from any division of the politicized and militarized Department of Justice, but must be completely neutral and open to testimony from all.

Yes, there should allways be a review after any large police action of any kind.

I agree with a review, but only in an effort to improve the safety of the public and of law enforcement officers. An awful lot of these so-called protesters are "hired guns" from all over the country brought in to recruit and to stir up the locals ... most if which are foolish kids. If they get hurt, too bad in my book. As far as the media is concerned ... sorry, but they don't deserve protection or any kind of special treatment if they choose to get in "harms way." In that respect it "comes with the territory!!!"

The only thing that should be "reviewed" is the reason why the police were so lenient on these hippies. I'd have liked to have seen more batons on ribcages, boots on faces, firehoses, etc.

All police departments perform internal afteer action reports. I an outside review is conducted how much is this going to cost the tax payer. If the paper feels the review should be conducted because some reports inadvertently got cougnt up in action then they should pay for it.

I was on the ground during all of the protests and I noticed the vast majority of the protestors were white people in their 20's. This fact tells me one thing, that they come from middle to upper class families and probably have not had to work for anything their entire lives. They are rebelling against a system that has offered them so much. They really have no clue how difficult life is. If they really hate the United States, they should move to a 3rd world country. Then they may understand how great of country the United States is. Youth of today, you will never be able to emulate your parents experiences from 1968. So stop trying!!!