Bob and I went to a library park on Friday night for a picnic date. It was hot, but slightly cooler in the shade of a tree right next to the library building. We ate our sandwiches, salad, fruit, chips, all the while enjoying people watching and our good conversation.
Suddenly, a man strode quickly past us while slinging a police badge around his neck. Our attention was called to the second man perpendicular to us who brandished a gun (movie style) to the teenage boys behind us and yelled "Get on the ground! Get on the ground now!" They proceeded to cuff the young boys and instruct them on proper handcuffing etiquette, "No, not on your backs, get on your faces with your hands behind you!" and "You know why you're under arrest, don't you?" At first we thought this was an elaborate joke on the young men, but quickly realized with the appearance of the gun that this was the real deal. We are very glad the teenagers didn't have their own guns and that this didn't turn out to be dangerous and harmful.
At least the policemen were nice enough (after the boys were cuffed and led away) to come back to us and tell us they were sorry for ruining our picnic...
Real-Life Dinner Theater! At our local library!
We finished our date night by packing up our picnic (obviously earlier than expected...) and we headed to Baskin Robbins for our ice cream treats. We opted to not visit the frozen yogurt establishment that had a police car in the parking lot.
(No pictures... our kids were disappointed at our lack of pictures and videos too, but really, that would have been a bit taboo, right?)
4 comments:
WOw, now that's a date to remember.
I thought the same thing as the kids: "What, no pictures????" I'm grateful you were safe!
My goodness, I thought maybe you were going to say it was part of a movie or TV filming - but it was real. Glad that you are safe. I didn't know that going to the library could be dangerous.
How crazy!
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