Speaking of shutting off news channels, twitter is kind of interesting right now. Do a search for RNC on twitter and you can find frequently updated tweets about the awesome things the Minneapolis and St. Paul police department are doing right now to potential protestors.
For instance:
Twitter / coldsnaplegal
The great thing is that we (the local taxpayers) are paying them now to do this in the form of salary, and then we will be paying again when they lose all the civil rights abuse cases that will result from these incidents, and then we will continue to pay these folks to continue to "serve and protect" our peace.
I know not all cops are bad, but when the good ones can't be bothered to differentiate themselves from the bad then I have a hard time not writing them all off as scumbags.