jail break?

Today on my way to work I drove past a truck stopped in the middle of the road with a cop car stopped head-on with it... in between them was the apparent driver of the truck belly down on the ground with face in pavement and legs and arms up behind him... the police officer was kneeling over him with handcuffs. I noticed that the man had a jacket on but that his pants had fairly wide black and grayish vertical stripes. Was he an escapee? Man, I wish I had Leah's camera with me. Moments further down the road I nearly witnessed a city bus plow into three women crossing the street on a walk signal. Then about a half an hour later when I had to drive back down the same street, there was now six different cop cars pulled up on the sidewalk and grass with the officers all out of their cars talking while the alleged-'convict' sat in the grass with his hands now cuffed. I thought about going home (about 3 blocks away) for the camera, but decided against it, as I didn't have someone to drive me passed for a good shot without being noticed. There's always something going on around here... the University campus is on the north end of downtown Austin and I-35 is the only barrier between campus and East Austin, aka 'the ghetto.' Austin is indeed a crazy place to be. But with it being such a beautiful day outside, I have been craving just some relax time so I headed off to one of my favorite outdoor coffee joints for a fat-cappuccino and their delicious oatmeal cranberry chocolate cookie. Mmm Mmm Good. Tasty. And sat myself down for a good hour of reading in the nice outdoor air. It's a great day to be alive.