So, I was prepared to write about wonderful past Christmas days in New Orleans. Then, crashing against the visions of bread pudding dancing in my head came the sight of a D.C. police detective pulling out his gun on a group of young adults foolishly tossing snowballs in the middle of a major city intersection.
Couldn’t they have found a field? Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has spent untold political capital improving athletic fields and parks. Surely there was one where a bunch of overgrown children could romp. But even if common sense failed them, did the detective really feel so endangered by his vehicle being pelted with snow that his only option was to pull out his weapon?
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