I was taking a photography class and we had to take a pictures of a row of something at different f-stops to show the changing depth of field. I chose a row of lampposts at a federal building. When I was done {and I was shooting low to the ground, with the building in the backgrond], a guard came out and said that some DEA guys, working on the weekend, wanted to know what I was doing.
I told the guard what I was doing, and I was very polite. I offered to show my ID, but he was apparently satisfied by my explanation. To tell the truth, I was a bit dismayed that he backed off so easily. If I had been him, I would have taken my name and address, at minimum. And had I been me, which I was, I would have given it with no argument
Well, Flash, you sound like a good, upstanding patriotic citizen.
In other words, you sound like most of us.
Thanks for your post.
it's called instinct. In medicine/psychiatry it is called counter transference.
cops have a gut feeling if you are suspicious or lying. If you are anxious, or act strange, you might be arrested or taken for more questioning. Obviously you "felt" to him as an innocent student...
My adopted son "flunked" at an airport by being nervous and not answering their questions in a way that made sense to them...he wasn't a citizen, and was separated from the rest of us, and freaked out (he was 15, but could have passed for 20). WHen I went to get him, they had him in the back. After looking at me and my husband, hearing our story, etc. they left him go. I guess I look innocent when I am innocent (I am actually a lousy liar)
the web page about brown being suspicious is wrong. The locks are just as llkely to be blown up by animal rights terrorists, who are white middle class students.
LOL