When things happen in the news I am usually the last to know about it. I admit, I've never enjoyed watching the news or paying attention to what is happening in my world.
This morning, I awoke to the sound of a helicopter. This is the first time I have heard a helicopter since I have been here, so immediately I assumed something was amiss. When I continued to get myself ready for the day, and then finally left my building and the helicopter was still hovering about, I began to wonder, what, exactly, is amiss? I could see it was a news chopper, and I live a stone's throw from a major interstate and and even bigger interchange, so it made sense that something was interesting about the traffic that needed to be reported.
Little did I know (one of my favorite phrases), while I was, in effect, correct in my assumption, there was so much more to what, exactly, happened.
So, what happened?
Apparently, around 4:15 this morning, an officer pulled over a Ford Explorer and discovered it was stolen. There was a male driver and a female passenger; both of them refused to exit the vehicle, as demanded by the officer.
This, of course, is a poor decision (though if you're stealing cars I assume you aren't thinking in the best frame of mind), as it forces a single officer or even two to call for assistance with your misbehaviours. Then, a SWAT team ends up getting involved, and since you're acting suspicious, the police have to assume that you might be armed, so MORE help arrives and you're just digging your grave deeper and deeper. Then the highway gets shut down; people are driving backwards on the highway because they're being forced to get off. Then, after 6 hours of waiting for you to exit on your own, the officers get fed up with your crap, send in a robot, who then breaks out one of the car windows, shoots tear gas into the car, which forces you to get out, and then you get arrested anyway, and are probably in much bigger trouble than if you'd just gotten out of the car in the first place. And everyone in the area that has to use this major interchange hates your guts, because you threw off their whole day.
This happened less than a mile from my apartment. Yes.
Thanks MPD for not choosing the violent method!
Thanks morons from the stolen car, for giving me a chuckle this morning.
It snowed again.
I love the sound of fresh snow crunching under my shoe.
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
