...you see a drug bust and look around for cameras (as in, "they must filming something").
Nope- it was the real deal, complete with cops' guns drawn.
It was pretty exciting, actually, which is why I thought it was a stunt for a film. A car was driving down Lexington Avenue followed up a regular New York yellow taxi. At 86th Street, an SUV drove in front of the car in question to stopped perpendicularly to the car (parallel to 86th Street), thereby making it pretty difficult for the car to move. Then, four men in regular clothes, most of whom had badges dangling from their necks, got out of each of the two cars (he SUV and the yellow taxi that had been traveling behind said car). Most of the cops drew guns and instructed the people in the car to exit the vehicle with their hands in the air. The guys in the vehicle were brought to the taxi where they had to lean over to be patted down and handcuffed.
Does this sounds like a scene from The Wire or some cop movie? Exactly. That's why I was looking around for the camera crew. But, as I say, it was the real deal: a drug bust on the Upper East Side last Saturday afternoon.
Interestingly, earlier that day we saw filming for what may have been The Real Housewives of New York, or some other reality show. Three professional-looking cameras were following a tall, thin, gorgeous blond woman on West 96th Street.
Never a dull moment in NYC...
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