SWAT Visits the Neighborhood

While I was working on math with Jadon, we noticed a helicopter drone overhead. One pass; two. One minute; five.

Phil came in after a while and said, "There's a bunch of cop cars parked at the top of the driveway. About six guys in camo, with assault rifles, just ducked into the field across the street. They brought a K-9 unit, too."

Apparently, he and Isaiah had gone up to watch, when suddenly Phil realized that, if there was going to be a shoot-out, he and Isaiah could be in the line of fire. When he asked a cop near the cars whether he should send Isaiah away, the man (probably lying) said, "We're not looking for anyone." Ha. Assault rifles and camo just because it's kind of fun? Whatever.

Our neighbor filled us in later. The helicopter, circling, had spotted pot growing with their infra-red goggles. SWAT guys went to the vacant land across the street in order to find the growing patch and remove it.

They removed several bags of the contraband. But, as our neighbor said, "Why didn't they bust the illegals up the street making speed?"

Well, that was the first I'd heard of the den of illegals making highly addictive substances, but I would agree: get rid of the speed lab.

And 12 pot plants hardly seems terrible enough to warrant tax payer dollars for helicopter, SWAT, and hours of search and destroy.

High drama in the country. And the only part I witnessed was the sound of the helicopter.