Originally Posted by
Scar
Isn't Violence Funny Sometimes?????
The most surreal thing happened to me last night. I was riding my bike and had to stop to wait for the light to change on the main corner near my house. This woman was standing there mouthing off to her boyfriend or husband or whoever he was. "You're just treating me like that cause I'm a woman. You're just stereotyping" and so on and so forth. She was clearly intoxicated, in the long term sense where she seemed to be an addict of some kind. So the guy, whose standing at her side, just punches her in the face. Without even tuning his head, he punched her in the face. The light changed, he started walking, she didn't. So he turned around, still stone faced, and glanced at her, and she followed along all obediently.
I didn't know how to react, it was so very surreal! As soon as I was up the block a bit I started laughing. This right before I have to veer past 3 cop cars that are blocking the road with their lights all flashing, in the midst of some kind of arrest. You know, Echo Park is known for being a little shady, but most of the time I don't even notice. I love my neighborhood, I feel totally safe there, despite the boarded up properties and gangs on thr corner drinking 40's and playing music out of enormous pick up trucks. Once in a while, however, I am reminded that I live in the ghetto.
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