I live in a medium-sized town in the American Midwest, an hour outside of Chicago. Many of you in other lands are perhaps aware that we are in the midst of some fairly widespread civil uprising against repetitive documented cases of excessive force of police against African American citizens. Widespread protests, political arguing, opportunistic vandalism/looting...there was a National Guard helicopter hovering over my neighborhood last night.
With that in the background, I was out for a spin in my M3W over the weekend (prior to most local demonstrations) to get an X ray my doctor ordered. As I was stopped at a red light, a Jeep came up alongside with a young African American (I am neither young nor African-American) man about a generation younger than me. He rolled down his window, yelled out “That’s some cool fuckin’ sh*& you’re driving,” and we left with peace signs back and forth. A good moment.
Last edited by HalfFull; 03/06/20 12:22 AM.
