Problem is Kevin. The officer was off duty. If he had a problem then he should have called some unis to take care of the situation rather than putting himself at risk. Once he drew his gun any onenof the knuckleheads could have done the same and a far worse ending could have resulted. You dont pull your weapon out unless you intend on using it.

<--is mad that she didn't get to be in a snowball fight.

I think he ID'd himself as a detective. I'm not watching the video again, but I think I remembe him saying that. Detectives are not uniformed, so that does make sense.

As far as not pulling a weapon, etc., I completely agree. If that guy had tried that in OKC, he would likely have been shot.

I went there a couple of weeks ago, but didn't eat. I only had a beer since the Saloon was closed. Is it any good, or just overpriced like it seems?

And that's just how that block is. There have been spontaneous things that happen on this block- one big gathering after Obama won, another after MJ died (a bunch of people were trying to do a choreographed Thriller dance), and another this past weekend. I can definitely imagine them protesting, because across the street is a restaurant/bookstore that is quite liberal and hippie-ish, and they've got things like social media inside and a big (like, 7ft tall) clear Code Pink box outside filled with shoes to represent dead Iraqi civilians. There was still no reason for a guy to lose his cool about being hit with snowballs and pull his gun. He could have very easily walked to the next block and he would have avoided the spontaneous snowball fight.

(WE'RE NOT GONNA PROTEST! WE'RE NOT GONNA PROTEST! WE'RE NOT GONNA PROTEST!!)

It's okay. We had a brunch meeting there and the food was pretty good.

I had a happy hour there maybe two months before that -- I remember the drinks being strong for the money, but not tasty.

The ambiance is cute though.

i love that the dc people have started talking about the restaurant by the corner, gc made my smile

Busboys and Poets? Good (if heavily overpriced) food, especially their sweet potato fries, but I personally won't go there anymore. The last time I was there, my husband wore a pro-conservative shirt and we were harassed by the patrons and staff alike. So much for tolerance.

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Kevin, neither here nor there, but yes, the officer was off duty at the time which is why I had a question about him immediately pulling his weapon out.

But further into the article, they say this was an 'organized snowball fight'? What??

An organized snow ball fight???

Someone please explain...

Could be a flashmob thing. But by the sort of disrespect being shown to the officers, I'd say it's some sort of ACORN vs. ELF snowball fight thing. While I get being upset at having a police officer [wrongly] pull a gun on you, this crowd seemed to be a bit too artful at its display of bawwwww and butthurt.