AJ walked up to the crowd forming around the cordon where several police officers were standing making sure more people didn't get involved in the riots. There was lot's of shouting but AJ couldn't make out what it was all about, curious, he barged his way through the group to get a closer look.
As he got to the front of the group he felt something hard dig him in the stomach, not painfully, but an obvious warning, AJ turned toward the officer that had his baton firmly in his gut.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" said the officer aggressively
"Hey, i'm not looking for trouble, i just wanted to see what was going on."
"It's none of your business, all you need to know is they're fucking law-breakers, and so will you be if you take another step, so back off, ok?"
"OK, OK, i don't need to be told twice." said AJ, backing away from the officer. as he moved back through the group of onlookers he though he heard the officer say something under his breath, he though he heard him say "Fucking Paki" and at that he felt blood rush to his face.
Calm down AJ thought to himself it was probably your imagination, and he began breathing deeply to calm himself.
His curiosty unsatisfied however, AJ headed back to his downtown apartment, where he collected his costume and several devices, and weapons and headed back to the rioting.
When he got back the rioting was mostly unchanged, the police had reached a stalemate and the riot was neither increasing or decreasing in size.
Hiding amongst some trees in the nearby park, AJ setup a listening device to better hear what was going on in the Riot.
"...get this over with." he heard a authoritative voice say "I don't want any interference from costumed geeks...or that crazy fag Neechee for that matter, whether he works for us or not."
This sounded like the right person to listen in on for a while. and AJ continued to hide until he found out exactly what was going on.