We were all very concerned, and a couple of friends of mine within the 20-block search zone felt very stressed out (somewhat alleviated by the 8 SWAT officers with rifles politely requesting permission to search their home and then doing so with practiced efficiency; as they left, one of them pointed at the portal gun plushie they had on the mantle and said, "My kid loves that game!" which was pretty much the perfect thing to say at that point in time). It wasn't fun, by any stretch of the imagination.
But we were not terrified, not paralyzed, not hiding out of fear. We were staying out of the way so people could do their job. Maybe your friends are different, but me and my local friends are pretty solid on this point.
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Date: 2013-04-22 04:03 pm (UTC)But we were not terrified, not paralyzed, not hiding out of fear. We were staying out of the way so people could do their job. Maybe your friends are different, but me and my local friends are pretty solid on this point.