The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on the aftermath of a Rep. Russ Carnahan (D.) town-hall meeting on health-care reform:

Six people, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, were arrested after confrontations outside the school, said county police spokesman Rick Eckhard. Two were arrested on suspicion of assault, one of resisting arrest and three on suspicion of committing peace disturbances. Carnahan was gone when the ruckus started, Eckhard said.
Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with “Don’t tread on me” printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was awaiting treatment for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him before the attack.
“It just seems there’s no freedom of speech without being attacked,” he said.
It was unclear why Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman, who was covering the event and shooting video for stltoday.com, was arrested. As she photographed the arrests, Post-Dispatch photographer Dawn Majors said she heard Wagman yell her name and say that he was being taken into custody. The officer said Wagman had been interfering, Majors said.

Oddly, I have heard nothing from Al Sharpton yet on the racist attack on Mr. Gladney.