In the police state
NY:
A squad of cops in bulletproof vests swooped into an upper Manhattan park and charged seven men with the “crime” of playing chess in an area off-limits to adults unaccompanied by kids — even though no youngsters were there.
Nothing better to do, I guess.
November 19th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Almost certainly an overreaction, but this is more of an anti-homeless issue than an anti-pedophile–dog parks have very similar rules, you must be accompanied by a dog.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
They act like the cops wearing bulletproof vests is a big deal. Don’t all cops wear them? From the way they’re presenting it, you would think it was a SWAT operation or something.
November 19th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
A non story, More Americans getting what they asked for.
November 19th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Actually a majority of nyc cops do not wear body armor… Their bmi is just not cut out for it…
November 21st, 2010 at 12:10 am
You have to understand chess players are very very bold and daring. They are used to VIOLENCE. Close up and personal VIOLENCE every day!
Just go look at any chess clubs newsletter and you see revealed the SMASHING attacks, BOLD disruptions, DECIMATIONS, and ANILATIONS! They will stop at nothing to DESTROY their adversary!
And that explains the SWAT team tactics.