Wrong Place, Any Time
Jun 3rd, 2007 by Alex
Just like when you see SWAT officers riding the Metro with submachine guns and dogs, this has become a sign of the times in the DC metropolitan area. Here’s what I saw the other day.
A guy is sitting on the curb of a busy street, several feet in front of a barbed wire fence. He appears to be sitting on his hands, in handcuffs, or possibly both. His vehicle is parked in the median of a four lane road, doors and trunk ajar. Surrounding the vehicle and in the surrounding area there are several black unmarked American-made SUVs, LEDs strobing away. Two officers are talking to the guy. Two more are checking out his vehicle. A fifth officer is standing in between two lanes of traffic, an unshouldered H&K MP5 is in his gloved hands. He isn’t taking his eyes off the guy despite the traffic flowing around him.
I don’t know what the guy did to deserve the attention or what will happen to him. The only thing I can conclude is that he was in the wrong place and was lacking the credentials to clear things up.
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