It's not assault when they do it

And speaking of the Republican National Convention, Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft is blogging about a fascinating trial regarding a protester accused of kicking a security guard at the Republican National Convention. (Your blogstress's readers will recall this as the convention that called for round-ups of protesters who were held at a nasty building on the Chelsea Pier and not charged with anything.)

Jeralyn rightly calls her readers' attention to the incident inside the convention hall, witnessed by many, of a young female protester getting roughed-up inside the convention hall for standing while wearing a garment that featured anti-Bush slogans.