Thin Orange Line: The Police Get Involved

[neadods]

This post is probably going to be buried in the post-Who tsunami, but I had to get it off my chest.

Last week there were apparently protesters shipped to the clinic from out of state. Violent, racist ones according to another escort who was there, ones who'd been trying to egg a fight.

But this is the week that things got physical. I've been saying for a while that I was there when Eeyore showed up and I'd be there when she got hauled off in handcuffs. It came perilously close to that today when she charged into the parking lot, targeting a couple of clients.

Nobody got hurt and it seems that nobody's getting sued either. Also on the plus side, two people came up to thank us for the job we do and one of them asked for membership information.

But the quiet clinic is not quiet anymore. And I never expected to use the pen and paper in my car to have to write down a statement while everything was fresh in case it was ever needed legally later.

Comments

[museclio]

There is a reason that my mother advised me to always have my hands in my pockets. And I think that officer was incorrect form what I've been told on other occasions.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I usually do, or my thumbs in my belt loop. Now it's something I'm going to have to pay a lot more attention to, although I rather hope that Eeyore has been scared enough not to lunge at people... for a while at least. That woman is gonna blow, and it might be soon.

I'm so used to thinking of myself as just fat, but one of the other escorts said that I look imposing - broad shoulders, etc. So maybe I should just stick my hands in my pockets and just set somewhere.

[museclio]

I tend to do in the pockets because it's more obvious - in the belt loops is still hands visible and available.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

At some point I would like to stand a shift with you and learn from your experience.