Two Brief Notes on the Pepper-Spraying Cop

• The traditional method of handling riots isn't pepper spray; it's grape shot or worse:

  Chinese journalist: “President Obama, how do you account for an American police officer using pepper spray on citizens?” Obama laughs: “Are you saying we should have used tanks?”

• For a few days before the pepper-spraying incident, there were numerous complaints (for example, here) about the destruction of a “people's library.” I don't recall hearing much about it since then. Did the library heal itself? Or were they looking for an excuse to complain and can only complain about one thing at a time. (The good news: The left wing cannot fight a two-front meme war.)