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In reply to the discussion: Do you feel extreme anxiety when you walk in your neighorhood or go for a drive in your car? [View all]BaronChocula
(4,632 posts)17. My most questionable experience in LA
has so far been driving West through Westwood on Wilshire one night and having a cruiser pull from beside me to behind me. They weren't tailing me. They were tailgating me so this wasn't about any kind of suspicion. The clearest explanation is that they were trying to goad me into an emotional response. I stayed cool and they eventually tried to cause trouble elsewhere.
This only went for about the equivalent of a couple city blocks or less. It may not seem like a lot, but it feels very different in real time.
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