I've been seriously surprised by police SWAT units on two separate occasions, decades apart.
The first time was during my taxi driving days. I had pulled into the parking lot of an apartment building and alerted my passenger by honking my horn. Suddenly, a mob of cops with guns raised in the air came charging up behind me and broke down the door of a ground floor unit with a battering ram. I was transfixed but remained, watching and waiting. I eventually left when no passenger ever emerged from the building, assuming I had been part of the thwarted escape plan.
The second time was just a few years ago. I was nonchalantly cruising home from the library one day when I encountered one of those armored SWAT trucks at an intersection and noticed it got behind me and was steadily following me. Naturally, I became increasingly more curious block after block but it wasn't until I arrived home and it parked directly in front of my house that the wtf? mindset really took hold. As I was exiting my garage, I was startled by the tightly packed huddle of the officers in their tactical gear, with shields and automatic weapons brandished, moving across my lawn and driveway. I then realized they were after someone several houses over. Once again, I was transfixed, just standing in my driveway and watching the scene unfold. During that time, I was further startled by one of the cops who came charging through my back yard with a huge German Shepherd on a leash and who nearly collided with me.
Surreal experiences at the time but in hindsight, actually more interesting than unpleasant.
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Catbookss (13664)
5 years ago
That first one, I can imagine your sitting in your taxi after honking the horn, leaning back into your seat to wait until your ride appeared, as you'd probably done 100 times before, and *then*, WTH?! ๐ณ
The second one (and how bizarre is it you've had TWO such experiences?) would have freaked me out, being followed to my house and having them park right in front of it, and then swarm. What a relief, though, when you realised their destination was somewhere down the block.
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