Jon Kelland wrote of a friend who had left his phone number with councilman Niland and subsequently received a phone call from a police sergeant suggesting he take up his complaints with the Civilian Police Review Authority. I agree with Jon's analysis that if the number came from someone in the council offices or Niland's office, it is a serious breach of confidentiality and yet another instance of what I referred to in posting about off-duty officers and openly carried handguns as "institutional intimidation". Apparently we can include the city council offices in that category. DUH? It doesn't surprise me one bit that the people of "critical mass" were met by the police in Loring Park last Friday. What bothers me is all the people who sit back and watch such blatant incidents of squelching exhibitions of peaceful civil disobedience and think that the police will protect them and their rights in the future. For those of you out there who applaud these sorts of actions by the police I would only say "be careful what you wish for". Did anyone read the piece on the Strib's commentary page this morning that was a reprinted editorial by a free-lance writer's submission to the San Francisco Examiner? Or was it the Chronicle? Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
