The following story only demonstrates that the police are above the law. For if anyone else confronted the police in this manner, they'd end up in jail, as one commenter notes.

From the AP: "The American Civil Liberties Union says undercover police officers posing as protesters staged a violent confrontation with another officer during the Democratic convention in Denver.

"The ACLU said it obtained a police document showing the undercover officers pretended to struggle with a police commander so they could be removed from the crowd without blowing their cover.

"The ACLU says another officer thought the commander was being attacked and pepper-sprayed the undercover officers."