Operation Overkill

Walking through Rockefeller center yesterday coming from the KEXP in-studios: Three New York City police officers guarding a J. Crew in full riot gear with assault rifles.  I'm at a loss here...

Joey?

"Apparently, Al Qaeda is targeting places where absolutely no minorities will get hurt..."

Thank you.

Comments

[Amy]

Maybe one of the UN VIPs was doing a little shopping?

[Jeff]

Perhaps...but there must be more effective ways of protecting them, right? I mean, people were walking in and out of the store at will.

Maybe I just have a bigger problem with police dressed like that with machine guns walking the streets in the first place...

[Michael Madison]

Must be afraid of that Heather Mills McCartney. God I love her. Pix here:

http://www.filmmagic.com/SearchResult.aspx?str=mccartney&sfld=C

From the NY Post:

September 13, 2005 -- Fashion Buzz

ANIMAL-loving amputee Heather Mills McCartney was booted out of J.Crew's Madison Avenue store by police yesterday after she walked in wearing a flat-screen TV showing images of little critters being skinned alive.

The one-legged wife of Paul McCartney is snarling mad that J.Crew has quietly begun selling coats, scarves, hats and jackets made from mink, rabbit and coyote fur. Mills and 15 other PETA activists left the store after cops showed up and threatened to arrest them. PETA mouthpiece Michael McGraw said his group has launched JCruel.com after pleading with the clothier to drop its furry fashions.

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[Ian]

I think they're probably worried that the families of animals killed for J.Crew's fur will storm the store to claim vengeance. The police officers have been ordered to fire on dogs at will. (check out JCruel.com, totally sweet)