It took 34 years, but Berkeley police have finally arrested someone for the murder of Officer Ronald Tsukamoto. An assassin gunned down the rookie cop in 1970 for no other reason, apparently, than to kill a policeman. Amidst talk of more arrests, the Berkeley police cuffed 55-year-old Don Juan Warren Graphenreed, a former Black Panther. Like Claude Rains' "Captain Louis Renault," "I'm shocked, shocked."

Should he be convicted, Graphenreed will join a long list of Panthers currently incarcerated for murdering cops: H. Rap Brown, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Eddie Conway, and "Chip" Fitzgerald, to name a few. Sure, the Black Panthers gave out free breakfasts and conducted education programs for young people. Other activities their members partook in include drug dealing, rape, and murder.

The police let Graphenreed go on lack of evidence. They're grasping at straws here.