Police Incident
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
Atlanta, Georgia
July 5, 2016 8:08pm CST
We had a surprise when we came into our apartment building today. A police car was sitting in front of the next apartment building. We saw nothing else unusual and came on into our apartment. I went out on the deck to make a phone call and heard people yelling, something we never hear, the shouting kept on and on.
I was afraid someone was holding hostages at another apartment, or something worse. It sounded like someone was being badly hurt. At first I thought a policeman might be using a taser on someone, but I thought he wouldn't continue to do it as the man kept screaming.
My sister heard it on her end of the telephone and was as concerned as I was. It finally stopped and after a little while, I went out front to see if the police car was still there, it wasn't and I hope nobody was hurt. I feel sure someone was taken in custody. It's the first time in my life I have seen anything like it. Have you ever had an incident like this?
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@rbailey83 (1428)
• Canada
6 Jul 16
I haven't come across an incident like that thus far in my life and I really hope not to. I would imagine it can be a little bit unnerving to experience, and it sounds like that would be terrible to hear with the screaming.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
6 Jul 16
i bet such 'twas most unnervin', ms. ruby. they'd a 'manhunt' out here'n the wee hours 'f the morn. dunno if'n 'twas due to their firework shootin' 'r what? jest know that the sheriff's dept, state police 'n fire crew were out'n full force with flood lights huntin' all 'round fer't least a 4 mile radius. 'bout 5 that morn a wrecker came by with a smashed car.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
9 Jul 16
@RubyHawk if'n such'd only been the sheriff's department, i'd not thought much'f 't. 'twas most disturbin' 'n fer once we actually locked the place'p. shocked that the back door lock still works. now, if'n only we'd a key! 'fter 35 years such seems to've gone missin' 
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx Sometimes the best thing you can do is lock yourself in.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Jul 16
I remember once calling the police about a woman being shoved around in a house across the street from where I lived. They arrived within about three minutes and intervened. When I was in the Military Police at Fort Ord, CA, back in the 1960s, being called to family disputes was common and quite unpleasant and dangerous too.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Jul 16
@JamesHxstatic People can go crazy when it's fireworks in the family.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Jul 16
Yes. I was driving, my son was with me and we happened to see a police situation on a sidewalk where a police officer forced a guy onto the ground and handcuffed him. I had never seen anything even close to that except in the movies or on television.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
8 Jul 16
NO not really it is pretty quiet in our neighborhood. I would have found it upsetting
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
6 Jul 16
Sounds like it would have been unnerving to hear all that screaming but guess the police handled it
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
6 Jul 16
Once, I was visiting my son in the city. The police converged on a house across the street . Someone took every person in the house away. The children went with CPS. A couple of people left in ambulances. A few others were shoved into cop cars. I never found out what happened, but it must have been bad. They were there for hours.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
7 Jul 16
Gosh, I wish you know what happened. My worst police incident was when the man in the house behind us started shooting his rifle in the air. The S.W.A.T. team invaded our home and made us leave. We saw them arrive and swarm over the neighborhood from our upstairs window. They invaded multiple homes overlooking his. Turns out the man was let go from the police department for mental issues. He was later reinstated. I never felt completely comfortable about that.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
8 Jul 16
@RubyHawk not only on the loose but back on the police force. it was really strange.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
8 Jul 16
@Jeanniemaries that would be scary.
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