On the first night of the Republican National Convention, 17-year-old Keith Smith was tackled by police, taken into custody and then released — without charge, a call to his parents or attention from medical professionals — into the streets of St. Paul. That’s where Citizen Kate met up with him. She likens his beating to the Iraq War: “So… it’s attack first and then look for weapons of mass destruction?”

More from Kate at the RNC: “Stars and Stripes and Mace“