While coming home from Costco last week, my wife and I noticed a police car stopped by the side of the road with its lights flashing. “Some poor soul got pulled over for speeding,” I said to Aloma. As we passed the car and looked closer, I couldn’t have been more wrong. A policeman was on his knees changing a tire for a man and woman who stood watching.
We were both amazed and pleased. “The only thing that could have made it better,” I said to Aloma, “would be for the policeman to be changing a black person’s tire.” We both doubted that would happen.
Two days later I was driving on Highway 55 and noticed another Cary police car with a stopped car. I looked closely. The policeman was changing another tire. This time a black couple with a child were watching the white policeman change their tire.
After all of the news reports describing how evil the police are, this scene gave me a great feeling. I started to turn around and take a photo of the scene and send it to a newspaper. Then I realized it would never be printed. It would not fit the agenda of today’s press.
Seasoned Man
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