9.03.2007

A Bad Side of Town

You know you're in the ghetto when you're in the parking lot saying bye to your friends when a helicopter above you is circling the building right next to you with a spotlight focused on God only knows what. My friends and I were leaving a bar and we were just hanging out in the parking lot. You know how it is. Saying goodbye takes a good 30 minutes when you’re with good friends. And those goodbyes also include taking pictures. In the middle of our picture taking session, we hear a helicopter come and we think it’s just passing by. Nope, it stayed near us and started circling Crystal Palace, an indoor skating rink. We hurry up and take our pictures together and said our goodbyes because if there was any type of criminal activity going on, we don’t want to get caught in the middle. The only upside of a criminal activity is we can have our 5 minutes of fame and get on the local news. Other then that, the thought of any crime at night in the middle of the ghetto is not too appealing. When half of my friends leave, the other half and I tried to decide what to do for the rest of the night. Come on, it’s 1:30am and it’s too early to head home. As we’re discussing where to go, a cop in a SUV pulls into the parking lot. To me, a helicopter and a cop in a SUV pretty much means that everyone should leave right away and that’s what we did.

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