Rumored to be an \u201cintense thriller,\u201d the upcoming film Patriots\u2019 Day <\/i>will span \u201cthe five-day search up to the infamous siege where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was pulled from a boat in Watertown, Massachusetts,\u201d according to The Wrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n The script will reportedly be based on first-hand accounts from Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, who spearheaded local law enforcement efforts and press conferences amid the protracted siege.<\/p>\n Following the alleged detonation of pressure cooker bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, a massive manhunt for the responsible parties ensued, culminating in the unprecedented lockdown of an entire American suburb.<\/p>\n Former Congressman Ron Paul<\/a> encapsulated the harrowing events perfectly, asserting police actions that day \u201cshould frighten us as much or more than the attack itself\u201d:<\/p>\n \u201cForced lockdown of a city. Militarized police riding tanks in the streets. Door-to-door armed searches<\/a> without warrant. Families thrown out of their homes at gunpoint to be searched without probable cause. Businesses forced to close. Transport shut down.<\/p>\n \u201cThese were not the scenes from a military coup in a far off banana republic, but rather the scenes just over a week ago in Boston as the United States got a taste of martial law.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n