You're Under Arrest

Clashes continued for two days before police regained control. -AFP

You have to wonder at the motivating logic when the ostensibly capitalist Mexican government tries to arrest three impoverished citizens "on suspicion of trading without permits," as the BBC put it. If the authorities feel that it's appropriate to arrest vendors whose street stalls often double as their homes, then what should we be doing with the Kenneth Lays of this world?


(photo -AP)