As shouts of "Four More Years" subsided, Niederer, standing in the middle of a crowd of some 700, continued to shout about the killing of her son. Secret Service and local police escorted her out of the event, handcuffed her and placed her in the back of a police van.

It's starting to get deeply deeply sad. I'm reminded of a sentiment I expressed quite a lot before I discovered Dean, that it was literally a painful thing to read the news; hurtful to even be informed.

Where's the hope?