Bruising Coffee

      Earlier today I witnessed an interesting incident at the local Coffee Bean I thought I'd share with you.

      In the afternoon, I skated down to the Coffee Bean as I usually do to get some sketching done. It was a nice day, I thought I should get outside and enjoy it while still getting some work done. I ran into the usual neighborhood heads and conversed over a few cigarettes and a cold Rockstar. 

       Not long after I arrived, a carload of guys pulled up looking for someone they apparently wanted to fight. When the the guy himself strolled around the corner, the four or five guys stepped out of the car and approached him. It became obvious that the guy they were looking to fight had just attacked the driver with a golf club just before this confrontation leaving his arm severely swollen and bruised.

       The group continued the heated argument for a good 20 minutes as the crowd grew bigger around them. The driver insisted they finish the bout one on one behind the shopping mall.. but Tiger 'Hoods there wouldn't budge. Eventually he sought refuge inside the coffee shop and began dialing anyone he could to bail him out of this predicament. I figured the situation had been diffused at this point. The remaining guys headed back to their car, and I sat down with a friend who had missed the drama to tell him about the incident. As I sat on the patio, I could see the guy still dialing on his phone through the large windows in the front of the store. Just as I pointed him out to my friend, the driver ran into the crowded shop with his hood on. He hopped the cashier counter where his opponent was now attempting to hide, quickly picked up a coffee pot and began to beat this guy over the head. At this point, every coffee fiending yuppie in the shop was panicking. People began calling 911 frantically and trying to get an ambulance as the guy clutched his head, screaming and bleeding profusely. I ran to find a towel for him as his assailant fled out the door.

     About 20 minutes later the ambulance arrived. The EMT's seemed to be pretty amused at the story and the 30 or so spectators standing around spouting off skewed versions of the event. I stuck around just long enough to see if the cops would actually show. About an hour.. and would do ya' know?... not one black and white. I don't think I have to tell you that I'm not suprised. Considering I'm a pretty good citizen, and I don't break too many laws, It's a wonder   why I'm always getting harassed and searched for nothing.. yet they can't respond to someone bleeding from the head in a crowded coffee shop. I can't help but ask myself sometimes, where are our taxes going?

     Anyways, just another day in the neighborhood...

           

                                                           -Chance