Some friends of mine were staging a war protest downtown today as
people got off work. It started at 4:30 on a catwalk over a main street
in downtown and moved around the downtown area. I took my OM-4T and
35-80mm f2.8 to take some photos. At one point I was standing across
the street from them and a motorcycle cop pulled up and told me,
"There's nothing to see here." I jokingly said, "Is there nothing to
see or nothing to take pictures of?" I guess that was the wrong thing
to say. He started telling me how much my bail would be if he called
for a cruiser to take me in and asked me if I'd like to be cuffed and
restrained on the ground while we waited. I said, "My car's parked
right over there. I'd leave now, but I'd have to cross against the red
to get to it." He seemed happy with that and crossed to street to
hassle my friends. I saw them getting in motion and caught up with them
a few blocks later. He apparently gave them the same line of crap and
they started walking out of the downtown area (they told him they'd
parked at the college), which apparently made him happy enough.
I live in one of the most liberal little north bay communities
imaginable. It's hard to put a finger on why our local heat is freaking
so hard, but it was really unnerving. April works for the local
Sheriff's Office, as a matter of fact, but this was city cops. Freaky.
If he'd run my license plate it would have spit out "Sonoma County
Sheriff's Office," as a matter of fact. Both our cars are set up to
respond to a search with the Sheriff's Office info instead of our
personal info. Anyway, just an odd little moment in trying to take some
photos that I thought I'd share.
-Rob
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