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There's no shortage of pushing and shoving but the police have to start showing more restraint in these situations. Especially when they're the ones starting the pushing and shoving.

NOTE FROM JOHN: The violence begins at about 2 minutes into the video.  One thing I'm unsure of - when the cop attacks the protester, someone has something in his hand that looks lit.  You'll see sparks flying.  I don't know whether the police had something, whether the protester lit something that set the cop off, or what (it could just be a cigar, looks too big to be a cigarette).  But these videos are difficult to judge some times since we don't know what's happening outside of the camera view.  Still, it doesn't seem like the police are handling these protests very well.  Not to mention, when the Teabaggers were just as belligerent during the Democratic health care town halls - and mind you, there were members of Congress present - the cops never reacted like this.


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