D.C. councilmember condemns police who handcuffed black teens selling water -- ThinkProgress.org:

"I doubt we would have seen little girls in pigtails handcuffed on the ground." A recycling bin is full of discarded water bottles on the National Mall in Washington, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin On Thursday, several plainclothes U.S. Park Police officers handcuffed and detained three African American teenagers for selling water on the National Mall without a license. Photos of the detention quickly spread across social media, provoking outrage among some who Read the full story