(March 26, 2017)

I was at Marshall’s Department store with a friend about to eat. Marshall’s began to serve ‘lighter fare’ food in a small bistro style restaurant in a corner of the store. I looked up and saw a long line of men wearing all black riot gear began to walk through the back door and towards the front entrance. It seemed to be routine practice as the shoppers who saw them just moved out of their way. The men wore black helmets, black tops, black pants, black boots, and carried black guns and small clear shields. I could hear them march, as they were walking in a single line formation like a row of ants. They seemed to be casually marching, looking for something or someone out of place. Their appearance there was routine. I could tell that they did this everywhere they wanted on a routine basis and that people just knew what to do. My friend had forgotten her money and she had asked if she could buy the meat and I would buy the side item then we would split each. The food menu was new, we didn’t know they sold food but was told that it was good.