The Denver Police have a local reputation for shooting first and asking questions later/never, so I'm not surprised to see the following story of an ABC reporter/producer being shoved into traffic, then arrested via the always-popular choke hold:

ABC Reporter Arrested

I've had a few run-ins with the DPD myself (but I have never been arrested) and have to say that the behavior they exhibit here is not out of the norm. It's their city and we're lucky they can't shoot you for holding a Diet Coke -- oh, wait... apparently they can.

This Fox News “reporter” thinks that the freedom of speech requires the protesters to agree to be interviewed by him. Since they won't say anything he can use as a sound bite, he starts admonishing them. I think he calls the protesters “thugs” at the beginning of the package. “Fair and balanced,” indeed.

The beauty of YouTube is that I don't actually have to tune FNC on my television and give them any extra advertising revenue.

How does FNC know the protesters are "leftists?" What is their source for this tag?

And seriously? “Griffin Jenkins?” Were all of the cool reporters' names taken already?

The Chinese were bragging about their cloud-seeding technology that was supposed to prevent rain during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, but Denver has them beat! The DNC starts tomorrow, and to prevent weather from distracting the media, we had a couple of preemptive tornados around the metroplex tonight. Or was it Focus on The Family practicing their rain prayers for Thursday's spectacle?