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Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote in message
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> I was in downtown Vienna (Virginia) yesterday evening, around 7:30 pm,
> when I saw about a dozen policemen in the Safeway parking lot.  They
> seemed to have someone handcuffed.
>
> Not unusual?  Well, yes, except that the policemen were all dressed in
> black (with "POLICE" in white letters on their back), and about half
> of them were wearing ski masks.  And I doubt they were wearing them to
> keep warm, as it was about 100 degrees out, and sunny.
>
> Also, there were no police cars around.
>
> A couple blocks down Maple Avenue, there was another bunch of them,
> dressed the same, with someone else under arrest.  Nothing that looked
> like a police car there, either.
>
> Any idea what was going on?
>

sounds like a narcotics arrest.

narcotics teams rarely use squad cars, and they are often times
engaged in heavy surveillance.

A possible scenario, is they were following 2 drug dealers, and they watched
a deal go down
and they moved in for the arrest.

They wear masks, because they don't want their faces known as they do a lot
of undercover
and surveillance work.

Now, my opinions on the drug policy of the US are different, but i'm just
stating what the probable scenario
is.

This could also be the special action team.

if they aren't doing drugs, they do other undercover work.  Given this was
at the Safeway, they could have been
getting a gang stealing powdered formula.

The masks are a bit of police theater.



> Despite the weather, chills ran down my back at the sight.

Keith, isn't this a common occurence for you?

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