Enemy of the State

"This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. This storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress."--Walter Benjamin

Regicide/Aurora/Sat March 15/9:05 pm: Tonight a man was contacted for riding a bicycle without lights or reflectors. As Officer McNulty was issuing a citation in his police car, he could hear the cyclist becoming very excited and "ranting about this being a waste of tax dollars." Officer McNulty writes: "The suspect ranted for several minutes.... I heard him talking about a 'revolution' and a 'civil war.' When I exited the police car with the citation, the cyclist calmed down quickly and spoke pleasantly. I asked the suspect what he was so excited about and the cyclist began talking about the country being 'fucked up' and in need of some 'serious changes.' He said there was bound to be a 'civil war' and that would 'change things.' I asked if there was anything about government that he did like. He said, 'No.'

"'You don't even like our president?' I asked. The cyclist then erupted into a diatribe about President Bush being evil and corrupt. He was angry about the Iraq situation and how much money the government wastes on war. I asked how he would change the world to make it a better place. He said, 'Someone needs to kill Bush.'

"[I] was stunned by this. 'What?' I asked. 'Everyone wants him dead,' the cyclist said. 'Who would do it?' I asked. 'I would do it!' the cyclist said. 'You would kill the president?' I asked.

"'Fuck yeah, I would if I got the chance!' the cyclist said. I then told the cyclist that it was a violation of the law to threaten the life of the president. The cyclist then said he was just 'venting' and he would never have the chance to follow through with the threat. Sgt. Howard responded to the scene and screened the incident.

"During the conversation, the cyclist did not exhibit any indications of intoxication or drug impairment. He was reasonable when he was spoken to about his bicycle infraction and then more obviously upset when talking about the U.S. government."

The Imposter/Beacon Hill/Tues Feb 25/8:36 pm: Upon arrival, the officer contacted a person seated on a curb outside of a Shell gas station. The officer asked the man what was going on and the man very quickly told him that terrorists had implanted something in him. An ambulance was called to the scene; when it arrived, the man was placed in four-point restraints and transported to Harborview Medical Center.