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1) A liberal black man is arrested by cops for causing a disturbance after he decides to harangue them on a public sidewalk. The man is not charged with any crime, and even the President of the United States comes to his defence.

2) A conservative black man selling 'Don't Tread on Me' merchandise is called racial epithets and assaulted by a union member supporting the White House's agenda:

Kenneth was attacked on the evening of August 6, 2009 at Rep. Russ Carnahan’s town hall meeting in South St. Louis County. I was at the town hall meeting as well and witnessed the events leading up to the attack of Kenneth. Kenneth was approached by an SEIU representative as Kenneth was handing out “Don’t Tread on Me” flags to other conservatives. The SEIU representative demanded to know why a black man was handing out these flags. The SEIU member used a racial slur against Kenneth, then punched him in the face. Kenneth fell to the ground. Another SEIU member yelled racial epithets at Kenneth as he kicked him in the head and back. Kenneth was also brutally attacked by one other male SEIU member and an unidentified woman. The three men were clearly SEIU members, as they were wearing T-shirts with the SEIU logo.

Kenneth was beaten badly. One assailant fled on foot; three others were arrested. Kenneth was admitted to St. John’s Mercy Medical Center emergency room, where he was treated for his numerous injuries. Kenneth was merely expressing his freedom of speech by handing out the flags. In fact, he merely asked people as they exited the town hall meeting whether they would like a flag. He in no way provoked any argument or altercation, as evidenced by the fact that three assailants were arrested.

Maybe someone who was condemning Sgt. Crowley can explain to me why #1 is an example of police profiling and institutionalized racism that makes national news, and #2 is being completely ignored by the 'mainstream media'.

CNN.com: No CNN news search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"
ABCnews.com: One blog entry from Jake Tapper mentions Ken
MSNBC.com: No search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"
CBSnews.com: No search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"

Meanwhile, prominent liberal blogs are demanding that Ken release his medical records.

I'm starting to wonder what's happened to this country.

A guy who happens to be a doctor is interested in this whole health care thing. He calls the office of his local congressman and asks if he's going to be having any meetings or forums on health care. The doctor is told no. So he decides to go to another panel at which the congressman is speaking, which is not health care related. At one point near the end of the meeting, the floor is opened up to questions on all topics. The doctor asks a simple question... and is accused by the ranting congressman of 'hijacking' the meeting.

You can read more here at RedState.

The local NBC affiliate covered the story in a breathtakingly unbiased manner and also provides video (upper right-hand corner).

From Red State:

If you see anybody publicly opposing President Obama’s plan to implement a government-centric overhaul of the health care system, the White House wants you to report that person (or persons) ASAP.

From the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Emphasis added. Of course, as we’ve seen in the health care debate to date, the term “disinformation” is used by the Obama White House as a catchall to describe any opposition to the President’s push for single-payer, government-run health care — meaning the White House wants to be informed of any forwarded emails or blog posts or any “casual conversations” that could be taken as opposition to their health care overhaul plan.

The White House has, as yet, offered no explanation of what it is they plan to do with the tips on policy opposition they hope to receive from citizen informers.

Interestingly, as Jake Tapper pointed out on Twitter this morning, the title of that post on the White House is a quote from John Adams’ 1770 “Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials.”