About 40 Chicago police officers rode a bus from Chicago to Des Moines in hopes of persuading an appeals court to free a fellow police officer serving a prison sentence.From accounts I've read, I don't have a problem with Mette's actions if they were really as described. I don't think an "Only One" should have fewer human rights. It sounds like he reacted about the way a man should to intolerable physical provocation, and that the judge is an idiot.
By the same token, I can't imagine his brother Chi-Town officers having any concern whatsoever were the situation reversed, that is, had a "civilian" punched a cop out in self defense.
[Via Joel T and David H]
UPDATE: See Chris Mallory's comments to this post for a different take.