it is no surprise

that a political convention is a great place to find police overreaction and abuse.

i didn't live during the time depicted in "The Andy Griffith Show" and other such shows, where Officer Friendly would rather defuse a situation than make an arrest, so I can't comment on whether police of 60 years ago would have handled things with more finesse and compassion.

but what is clear is that the days of "take it easy, buddy" are past, or never were, and now what we get is "arrested by scary looking, cigar-smoking bullies for not asking 'how high?' when told to jump."