The Blues of White Shoes/SODO/Fri Feb 3/3:20 pm: Officer Danley's partner, Officer Givens, reports: "At about 3:43 pm, witness called 911 to report that a black male/adult was walking through his work/construction site at about South Atlantic Street and Colorado Avenue South. The Suspect was throwing construction and control signs all over the roadway. The debris in the roadway was nearly causing collisions. The witness followed the suspect as he walked down the street. The suspect was carrying a red bag, wearing a blue jacket with gray stripes, black pants, and white shoes.

"The witness followed the suspect to Krispy Kreme Donuts on Occidental Avenue South. The suspect went into Krispy Kreme Donuts. The witness called the police and waited in the parking lot for the officers to arrive. Officer Danley and I arrived and met with the witness in the parking lot of Krispy Kreme Donuts. The witness described what the suspect had done to the traffic signs, and pointed him out to Officer Danley and me. The suspect was sitting inside the donut shop and we could clearly see him through the window.

"Officer Danley and I went into the Krispy Kreme Donuts and approached the suspect. I noticed there was a 16-ounce cup sitting on the table in front of the suspect. The 16-ounce cup was full of steaming hot black coffee.

"Officer Danley told the suspect to put his coffee down and to come outside with us. The suspect grabbed the cup of hot coffee and threw it directly at the face, chest, neck, and eyes of a man [sitting at the next table]. The victim was momentarily stunned. I drew my X26 Taser and ordered suspect to place his hands on his head. Suspect complied and put his hands on top of his head. I ordered suspect to lie on the ground. The suspect did not lie on the ground. I took hold of suspect and forced him to the ground... finally I was able to handcuff him."

The key detail in this report by Officer Givens is that he italicizes Krispy Kreme Donuts. There is no real reason to italicize the name of this or any other business. Capitals suffice for the designation of a commercial or public institution. But the level of respect that Officer Givens has for the donut business is such that these words need special treatment—italicization slants the words to the right (leaning, as it were, toward the east, Mecca), and makes them thinner and elongated like the saints in Byzantine paintings. Elongation coupled with thinness is the sign of spirituality. If Officer Givens had bolded the business's name, Krispy Kreme Donuts, it would have lost all of its ethereality, and looked heavy, thickish, and blockish. For the cop, the words that name this place demand utmost reverence, an air of holiness—donuts will always possess a meaning for cops that those in other professions will never understand.