Originally Posted by travelinmanS
there seems to be a large police presence on the street this week.
i'll second that. as i was walking to the portman today, i noticed an awful lot of police officers on the street. then, when i tried to use the bathroom in the lobby, i accidentally entered the wrong one and was greeted by no fewer than 8 female cops (they were all very nice to me, btw). the correct bathroom featured the same story (but, those guys weren't quite as nice).
in short, the gov seems to be a bit sensitive this week. i will turn to google and try to ascertain the answer (though such answers are often hard to uncover in-country).