> I paused and politely asked one of the cops if there was something going on... or why was there such heavily armed police presence? He casually said, "oh ther

> I paused and politely asked one of the cops if there was something going on... or why was there such heavily armed police presence? He casually said, "oh there's a football match here this afternoon". Did you really ask them? Riot police usually don't go out of their way to casually interact with members of the public.