Constitution? We don't need no stinkin' Constitution!

The redoubtable New York Times reports that internal memos from the NYPD show that the police used "proactive arrests," covert surveillance and psychological-warfare tactics against demonstrators in 2002.

Among the most effective strategies, one police captain wrote, was the seizure
of demonstrators on Fifth Avenue who were described as "obviously potential
rioters."

These are the people who are supposed to be upholding the law and the Constitution.

Are you afraid yet?