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Interesting aside about the author's accidental ability to elude two members of the NYPD counterterrorism division: "Two Intelligence Unit detectives arrived a
by mdturnerphys 13y ago
Interesting aside about the author's accidental ability to elude two members of the NYPD counterterrorism division:
"Two Intelligence Unit detectives arrived and testily walked me outside to a waiting unmarked police car. Court papers show that they’d staked out my apartment to arrest me, and that I unwittingly kept eluding them. In one dramatic instance, two officers had tailed me as I walked down Eastern Parkway. I’d entered the subway station at the Brooklyn Museum, unaware that I was being followed. One of the officers had followed me through the turnstiles while another guarded the exit. The report states that the officers then inexplicably lost contact with me."
- corin_ 13y agoNot that it's much less embarrassing this way, but... why would you assume they chose people from a counter-terrorism division to go after a graffiti artist?
- mdturnerphys 13y agoThat's what the Intelligence Unit is.
- enraged_camel 13y agoYep. You never know what kind of secret communist/terrorist intelligence you will find in street graffiti.
- reginaldjcooper 13y agoIsn't it more likely to be in graffiti than via Morse coded gnome hops? I hope the NSA is getting photos of all that graffiti it sounds dangerous.
- enraged_camel 13y ago>>Isn't it more likely to be in graffiti than via Morse coded gnome hops? http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/12/11 http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/12/11
- corin_ 13y agoFair point, seems it's called "NYPD Intelligence Division & Counter-Terrorism Bureau" - I'm clearly no expert on NYC police!
- malexw 13y agoIntelligence Unit may include counter-terrorism duties, but they are also involved in surveillance of organized crime, robbery suspects, and witness protection, among other things. (Though these duties may differ from city to city).
- scotty79 13y ago... and the guy who tried to turn himself in for spraying a graffiti it appears.
- mathattack 13y agoThere's a lot of NYC cops that don't seem fit enough to chase someone taking a brisk walk. :-)
- badman_ting 13y agoI wonder if the "inexplicable" part has to do with the desire not to be the officer who has to deal with the hassle (paperwork or whatnot). "Oh yeah, gee I dunno, we lost him."
- dopamean 13y agoThat's exactly it. The guy was about to get on the subway and go who knows where. The cop probably wanted to make sure he got home for dinner.