DV Jr. has a job. Kid is really on his money game. He works in a barbershop, sweeping floors and running errands for the barbers. Clocks @ $120 a week in tips. Keeps it in a safe his grandfather gave him for his birthday. Probably sitting on a couple of G's by now. 12 years old.
Anyway, he's late to work. I've agreed to drop him off. Problem is, cable guy is on the way to fix the internet service at the crib. You know how they give you a 12 to 3 window. I decide to risk it and run little man to his gig.
Of course as soon as we are half way there, phone rings. It's Snack: "Daddy! Where are you? The Cable guy is here."
'OK booboo. Show him where the modem is. Tell him I will be back in 5 minutes.'
"But Daddy, he says he can't come in unless there is someone 18 here too."
"What. Ahh man. OK. Ask him to wait. Tell him I will be there in 5 minutes!"
To DV Jr. "Hey son, I'm going to bust a UTurn here. You walk up to the corner and go to work. It will save me 5 minutes of messing with that traffic at the intersection. Cool?"
"Sure Dad".
As soon as the car passes in the opposite direction, I bust a U ... right in front of a cop car.
Ohhhhhhh Shhhhhhhiiiiiit.
Before the cop can flick on his light. Before he can motion me over. I stop the car right up next to him. Window to Window. I roll down. He rolls down. I look at him. He looks at me. I smile. Cop smiles.
Cop says: "You know I got you don't you?"
I say:
"Yup".
Just then another car does the same thing right behind me.
A white cat in a metallic blue Toyota Camry does the same thing.
Cop says: "Whoa! Another one. Hold on".
As the cop motions the other car over, I turn to DV Jr.
"Hey man. Go on to work. No need for you to be late."
Little man opens the passenger door and starts walking.
Cop says (with a smile) "Where you going?"
DV Jr. (with a smile) "
To work". Little man steps off up the street.
Cop walks around to my window.
Before he can get started. I tell him
Y"eah officer. My son was a little late to work and my daughter is home alone. Cable guy just rang the bell. I was trying to save some time to get back. My bad."
Cop says: "Let me see your license .... How old is she?"
"She's 10."
Cop says "Hold 1." He walks up to the white cat in the Camry.
A few minutes go by. I hear the white boy yelling. Cop writes him a series of tickets and walks back to my car.
Cop says "OK. I could give you 5 tickets. That's a double yellow line you know? I just gave that guy 3 tickets. But any man dropping his son at work and rushing to get his daughter can't be too bad."

He kneels down and says to me ... "pretend like you are signing this paper ..." and hands me a pen.
I take the pen and write an invisible signature in the air above the paper.
"Be careful, we're always sitting here." He taps me on the shoulder, smiles and steps off.
Hustle Hard.
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You are alright with me DV
The other FOOL failed to see what you saw -
A MAN I INSIDE OF THAT UNIFORM.The
other FOOL - regardless of his race - pissed off the man in the
uniform. You piss me off - I am going to work within my range of power
to SCREW YOU.
This is just the way it is.
YOU on the other
hand sufficiently detailed to him the emergency situation that you
faced - with your young daughter - you followed it up with supporting
behavior and due respect - he WORKED WITH YOU.
This is one for republishing.
Good job bro.