Yesterday I'm putting gear into the van outside a house we are refurbing , a car draws up , child in the passenger side, white girl about 14 in the back , window down ...I hear " Excuse me do you know if..........."....can't hear the rest , I lean toward the car saying " Sorry I didn't catch that "
I notice the driver is a black guy . I have to say that because its true.
He swings his arm over the driver's seat towards me, pointing a pistol ....in the next two nano seconds I think that after all these years I'm going to be gunned down on a Birmingham street.
He pulls the trigger and squirts water in my face ...they pull away laughing ...I reach for the claw hammer in my belt hook to throw at the vehicle ....then thought what if it's acid , dash into the job & drench my face with water , the cretins have long gone .
Have to say it was somewhat scarey .
Apparently on local news they were warning people not to brandish fake weapons as they may be shot by armed police................Oh well , one can wish I suppose.
I notice the driver is a black guy . I have to say that because its true.
He swings his arm over the driver's seat towards me, pointing a pistol ....in the next two nano seconds I think that after all these years I'm going to be gunned down on a Birmingham street.
He pulls the trigger and squirts water in my face ...they pull away laughing ...I reach for the claw hammer in my belt hook to throw at the vehicle ....then thought what if it's acid , dash into the job & drench my face with water , the cretins have long gone .
Have to say it was somewhat scarey .
Apparently on local news they were warning people not to brandish fake weapons as they may be shot by armed police................Oh well , one can wish I suppose.
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