[lbo-talk] it's inevitable

[Jordan Hayes]

>> So, uh, shoving a cop isn't a violent crime?
>
> The point is that simple assault against a citizen is a misdemeanor. 
> Against a cop it's a felony.  One can get you jail, the other prison.

And yet: they both get you a tic mark in the column "violent crimes 
committed this year" . . .

Woo, gotta get back to work.