Bombing IV
Sun October 02, 2005 10:23 pm (UTC-5) by Nick Benson [Permalink] [3 Comments | Add]
At 9:26 PM I heard a loud boom (as did a friend, who's at Highway 9 and Classen), which sounded to me like it was very nearby. Being curious, I grabbed my camera and walked over towards the roadblock to see what was going on.
As soon as I got close to it an officer asked me what I was holding (it was dark, my camera may have looked kinda gunnish), I told him it was my camera, and he asked to see my ID. I complied and he radioed "I got the guy in the red shirt."
He asked me what officers had told me earlier, I told him, and he asked "and they didn't tell you to stay away?" Nope, they hadn't. He asked if they knew I had a camera - yes, they sure did. At this point, two more officers approached and told me to stay away at night, since it was "too dark to get any pictures."
I asked if the boom I had just heard was related to the incident here, and he said he couldn't say, but he did mention that it was "down at the range" and "good practice." I can only assume that meant that they were disposing of whatever they recovered from the apartment today, unless they had planned a practice for tonight.
Apparently the people in the Walker Tower dorm building are going nuts, because they thought the explosion happened there - this is *not* true. There was no explosion at the Walker dorm - it was "at the range."
In any-case, It seemed kind of weird that they were interested in me as "the guy in the red shirt." I talked to several officers during the course of the day, all of them saw that I had a camera, some of them saw me taking pictures and none asked me to stop. I never crossed any police tape and complied with their every request. There were dozens of other people doing the exact same thing today - maybe there was another guy in a red shirt giving them trouble? I hope I didn't annoy/anger/agitate anyone today... I certainly did my best not to. I genuinely appreciate the work these guys are doing - some of them told me it was their day off. If I was the "guy in the red shirt" they were interested in, I do offer my sincere apology. I will continue to comply with your requests. I mean no harm, I'm just interested in what's going on my neighborhood.
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Shelly said...
Sun October 02, 2005 9:20 pm (UTC+0)
I totally meant highway 9
Nick Benson said...
Sun October 02, 2005 9:36 pm (UTC+0)
Thanks Shelly, I've fixed it. Originally I said highway 99...
President Boren said...
Sun October 02, 2005 9:58 pm (UTC+0)
Nothing to see here! Move along now, just a depressed student, dont'cha know?
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