LA Police: Always Classy

After being stripped of their rights by a popular vote (isn’t there something in our Constitution about majority rule with protection of minority rights? Perhaps I am simply delusional.), demonstrators against the passage of Proposition 8 in California are attacked by LA police.  I wish BBC had more context for this video, perhaps someone who is better at internet investigating can find a more fleshed out story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7713334.stm

These images are all too disturbingly familiar.