Interesting afternoon. A cop pointed an assault rifle at me.
My sweetie & I were at his house watching golf when we heard a few dogs barking, which was unusual for the neighborhood. A few minutes later, I saw a man walking through Sweetie's backyard. I just caught a glimpse of his back and didn't think much of it. Soon, Sweetie's FB messenger app started blowing up from a couple of neighbors informing him that police were involved in a car chase. The suspect had crashed his vehicle a couple of blocks from Sweetie's house & had fled on foot. A few minutes minutes later, Sweetie's backyard was filled with 5 cops. I went to the screen door and began to tell them about the guy I'd seen when one of the cops who looked to be about 15, looked startled & all of a sudden pointed an assault rifle at me. I immediately put my hands up & said I belonged there. An older cop told him to relax & I then continued to describe the man I saw and yup, it was him. I don't scare easily, but I admit that did startle me. I can see how fucking easy it is for innocent civilians to be shot for no good reason. I'm just glad I'm a 63 year old woman and not a twentysomething African American man.
Oh, the fugitive's crime? Murder? Assault? Nope. "Retail fraud" from the local Kohl's store.
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/Police-chase-from-Eaton-Co-ends-in-Lansing-490678071.html
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