Seriously though, I would not be shocked to discover that the boy stepped out and got hit on purpose. I used to flip houses in the part of town that was 95% black. It was an almost daily occurrence that a 13-40 year-old male would step in front of my truck on the thoroughfare. It was a power play to make me stop. You could lay on the horn and they would never even look up. The only time they ever looked up was when they ID'd the driver before stepping out.
“I used to flip houses in the part of town that was 95% black.”
I watched Rehab Addict last night, the program with “Nicole” (the blond that wears the low cut string-tops and shorts while rehabbing old homes). She’s from Detroit, and had returned there to rehab a burned house she’d picked up for nothing. It was on Campbell Street. Maybe you’re familiar with that area
Nicole did a great job on the house. She even bought two vacant lots across the street to plant a community garden...had lots of the local school kids out helping with the planting.
I made the comment to my wife...nice, classic house...great rehab...BUT...I wonder if Nicole will ever be able to sell it? I’m thinking she’s stuck with it now.
“Seriously though, I would not be shocked to discover that the boy stepped out and got hit on purpose. I used to flip houses in the part of town that was 95% black. It was an almost daily occurrence that a 13-40 year-old male would step in front of my truck on the thoroughfare. It was a power play to make me stop. You could lay on the horn and they would never even look up.”
I Bklyn, laying on the horn when the ferals played their game would get you beat up. That’s what they want. Any excuse.
Yup, in minneapolis, I remember seeing black moms walk into a busy street with a baby in a stroller with no pause, no looking around even.
I've seen it frequently, black teens walking across the street, giving a "screw you" attitude towards drivers.
I'm wondering, though, if it was deliberate: either get the driver to stop (at which point he gets surrounded and beaten, as a variation of the "knockout game"), or get hit by the car as an insurance scam.