Cops

Although this has been a great beginning to the school year, I do enjoy the amount of sleep I received last year versus this year.  Today both John and I are exhausted.  We had a couple friends over last night for dinner and games.  We went to bed about 12:30.

At 2:15 I woke up because there was a lot of shouting outside.  I laid in bed and listened for a few minutes.  There were men shouting and every once in awhile a female voice piped in.  I heard a fence rattling (there is a fence in between our apartment complex and the one next door) and our security guard yelled, "hey, get off the fence!" At this point I got up and walked to our window.  I saw outside two guys.  One was being held back by his taller friend.  I saw a silver car parked and a handful of other people.  I didn't pay much attention.  I tried to go back to bed, but the noise came back so I went back to look out the window.  At this point, the tall guy was holding back a different guy (it was clear he didn't know this guy).  His friend from earlier was completely smashed and was trying to get into his car, all the while saying, "The cops are going to come.  I need to get out of here."  Finally his tall friend realized what he was doing and went to go stop him from driving.  The stranger-guy went over and was attempting to "help" the drunk guy too, although it was evident he was an antagonizer.  The antagonizer said he would drive his car away for him.  He called the belligerent guy "homeboy," and the belligerent guy got really offended.  While the antagonizer and the belligerent guy were talking, the tall dude went over to a lady who was standing on the side and was trying to reason with her.  She had said something about "let it go" and other such things.  The other two guys started reacting to each other, telling each other they would "sock" each other up, so the tall friend came over to stand in between them.  The antagonizer accused the belligerent guy of being racist and before much else happened, the antagonizer smacked the belligerent guy.  It seemed like the antagonizer was just waiting for a reason to get mad, and his race being pointed out was all he needed.  A couple more punches were thrown (all by the antagonizer, because the other guy was so drunk, he fell immediately), the tall guy wrestled both of them to the ground and there they stayed for another 30 seconds to a minute before the cops came speeding up.  The belligerent guy tried to get in his car and drive off, but he was so drunk he couldn't even shut the door.  All three guys were arrested.  The woman earlier had completely disappeared.  Through conversations the cops were having, two of the guys were marines.  The cop that seemed to be in charge (who was the only female officer) made a comment about how he was representing himself.  The tall friend was a bit more cooperative, although he did get briefly sassy to the officer.  She asked if his Washington address was still his address, his response was, "F--- if I know."  She said, "F--- if I know?  Is that your answer?"  There was a pause and he seemed to think better of it and became more cooperative.

I thought about going out there, but I don't think the minimal amount I saw before they arrived would help much.  The entire reason the cops showed up was for a reason I never discovered.

So I finally went back to bed around 3:15.  It was the city's marathon this morning too, so I woke up at about 7:15 to people cheering outside our apartment.  So I'm a little tired today.  John is as well, but he is currently taking a nap.

I also made pumpkin muffins this morning.  And now I need to stop blogging and go do some school work.