Over 18,000 people have viewed FluxRostrum's video Get That Camera! since it was posted on this website and others last week. The videotaped assault on Flux and the theft of his camera by NYPD officers has been re-posted to scores of blogs including Amanda Congdon's high-profile ABC News video blog.

If you haven't seen it, take a minute now. The baldness of the actions of the police is astonishing. There is an undeniable Keystone Kops element as the hapless police officers attempt to hide the evidence of their bad acts while standing on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk in front of many other people who are videotaping and photographing their actions.