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Article #1126Re: Strange arrest in Vienna on Thursday evening
From: John Burton
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:26
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:26
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Uhhhh...to restate the obvious incase you *weren't* joking, the masks hide their identities while in police garb, so that when they are in undercover garb, no one will have seen their face as a cop... Charles Packer wrote: >In article <VNed7.3891$ym4.146989@iad-read.news.verio.net>, pat wrote: > >>The masks are a bit of police theater. >> > >Indeed, I was wondering: were there movie cameras around? >Seriously, wouldn't uniformed police be called in for backup >moments after the arrests were made? And anyway, wouldn't >even the dumbest drug dealer be disinclined to sell to a >masked man wearing a jacket that said POLICE on the back? >
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