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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Huh?
Arrived at the San Diego Trolley system's station at Qualcomm Stadium a little after 8:30 AM today to take the ride to the Convention Center for the first day of Comic-Con.
This station is elevated above the Stadium's parking lot, which basically means one can possibly park under the structure of the station itself. I've gotten into the habit of doing so under the eastern section of the structure. But when I approached that area this morning, I was waved off by security guards, which was the first surprise. So, I went around to the western section to park and proceeded into the station.
Next surprise was after purchasing a trolley boarding pass for the four days of Comic-Con. I spotted several police SWAT officers exiting their vehicle, which had parked under the western area of the station's structure.
I then spotted several men walking away from the station to a position where they lined up and each placed his hands on top of his head with fingers interlaced, a position I equate with the person being arrested.
So, I'm wondering: What is going on here?
I glanced back towards the men 2 or 3 minutes later and saw all of them drop their hands from their heads, walk over to another spot, and then huddle up for what was obviously some sort of discussion.
That's when the light came on: This must have all been some sort of police training exercise!![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=f7cc611b-5c8d-4b3f-a443-59610226b125)
This station is elevated above the Stadium's parking lot, which basically means one can possibly park under the structure of the station itself. I've gotten into the habit of doing so under the eastern section of the structure. But when I approached that area this morning, I was waved off by security guards, which was the first surprise. So, I went around to the western section to park and proceeded into the station.
Next surprise was after purchasing a trolley boarding pass for the four days of Comic-Con. I spotted several police SWAT officers exiting their vehicle, which had parked under the western area of the station's structure.
I then spotted several men walking away from the station to a position where they lined up and each placed his hands on top of his head with fingers interlaced, a position I equate with the person being arrested.
So, I'm wondering: What is going on here?
I glanced back towards the men 2 or 3 minutes later and saw all of them drop their hands from their heads, walk over to another spot, and then huddle up for what was obviously some sort of discussion.
That's when the light came on: This must have all been some sort of police training exercise!
Labels: comic-con, police, San-Diego, stadium, trolley
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Monday, July 11, 2005
Somewhat unnerving
Coming home tonight, I approached and had to slowly drive through the aftermath of a traffic accident: fire engine, paramedic ambulance, two police cars, tow truck, shattered glass on the ground. Didn't have time to try to make out just what had happened, but it was rather unnerving because this was all only a block-and-a-half from my condo; I don't recall ever personally seeing or otherwise being aware of a traffic accident that serious that close to home.
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