My friend Lacey MacAuley, was assaulted by Canadian police, while documenting them, then charged with assault on police. She returns to Canada next week for trial.

My prediction: they drop charges and Lacey sues. Too many pictures.

Police hate pictures. Police in my neighborhood hate pictures so much, they (illegally) arrested an elected official, and dear friend of mine, Nancy Shia, for photographing questionable police behavior.

What did they charge Nancy with? Assault on police. Notice a pattern?

Update: My local police also seem to have destroyed videotapes exonerating those charged, and proving that police lied, in the the now notorious 2002 mass arrests at the World Bank protest in Pershing Park. Again, a pattern. Police lie.