Protesting and dissent is no longer supervised by the police. It is actively escalated to violence, punished and prosecuted. This snippet is about a fellow rotting in jail as the result of his journalism and the state's enthusiasm for punishing dissent.

The video says it better than I can. Look at Josh Wolf's site , Free the Media and Free Josh Coalition. I can say we've seen similar robo-cop action right here in Bellingham.