Article: Cracking down on PDA.(public displays of affection)(police officers descend young couples)(Brief article)

Stick-wielding police officers descended on young couples sitting in a park in Meerut, India, this past December. Accompanied by TV news cameras, they yanked the couples by their necks and slapped them. The nationally televised incident, which was intended to discourage public displays of affection, set off a firestorm of criticism against police brutality and revealed a generational divide in a culture where dating is frowned upon. Officers ...

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