[rlmorel]

I can actually see that this guy may have been even more justified in defending himself, as he was off-duty and out of uniform. As another poster said, if you get into an accident or injure a pedestrian in certain parts of certain towns, and you happen to be the wrong color, your life could be in immediate danger from the get-go.

It is NOT an unheard of experience for people to be beaten by a mob because of a “disrespectful look”, never mind a fender-bender or actual physical injury.

[1rudeboy]

I have the "luxury" of being familiar with this area. I will tell you this, if I get into any sort of an accident on 1st Avenue in Maywood at 10pm on a Saturday night, I'll drive to the police station and report it there.

For those of you not familiar with the area, it's not the ghetto by any stretch of the imagination. But safe? Hardly.