re: JPSO releases longer version of cop-teen altercation

Without knowing the complete details of what actually happened, I can only rely on what I've seen on the news and in the paper. It looks to me like the cop over reacted, but Becker doesn't come across as a sympathetic character to me either.

What I find really confusing is how Becker and the other witnesses (10, 20, 32, whatever) are all saying they didn't know Breaux was a cop and he never ID'd himself. If this is true, who were they yelling "frick the cops!" at?

I think the cops and the kids are all full of shite, but if the kids hadn't been yelling and trying to out the undercover cops, none of this happens. And I don't want to hear about freedom of speech and civil rights, it was stupid. Plenty of things are legal and within your rights as an American, but outside the limits of common sense.