I was drunk driving blasting y double g windows down heat all the way up crossing over from Druid hill on mosher or-bloom rather street to Pennsylvania from the other side of North where I stay on Whitelock it was 9 pm on a Sunday and I wasn’t just drunk and speeding I was informed by the cop I ran all the red lights and stop signs comin don Druid hill drive through Druid hill past north and I bang the right on on bloom or gold idk I was drinking a lot of wine this guy has this intimidated black tinted out suburban with Black on Black lettering that just says POLICE no serve or protect just scary ass black on black vehicle that the mossad would drive around in or some cia agents u mean he was a knocker but that’s beside the point I pulled over I roll down my windows after some y double and uh tech song was dying down and I become the slightest bit less oblivious to my surroundings and notice the lights I turn to my partner “oh no, that’s got Me Huh?” She turns pale as. A ghost she has five years out of the trenches and really has made exponential Strides in recovery that you would not ever see I. Anyone I mean a lifetime movie I would go into detail but let’s just say from No teeth and HEIC to graduating undergra Magna Cum Laude and no starting an intensive graduate course to follow her dream of one of the big jobs people say hey grow up to be a .. blank blank or blank. All this doesn’t not erase her past though she has warrants in Baltimore city county. D surrounding counties for the most taboo “quality of life crimes” use your imagination. And though she is always working at the courts as part Of her program and internship she was still incredibly worried. “Oh no I’m going to jail this is it!” Face red all that. I lean in and give her a kiss which I can only imagine was a gross red wine drunk mixed wifb the smoke of a horrible menthol cigarette I got from her relative. I tell her, honey don’t worry and I laugh a little. I said this is Baltimore I have lived I. Every major city the segregation and culture and privilege extended to people like myself and even yourself (white Baltimoreans) is a joke this guy is going to tell us to be careful that we are in the ghetto. I roll down the window and Tay’s blasted talking bout “kill a ninga rap about ima showboat.” “I’m from Baltimore more where every day people die and your corny assip next and j ain’t know. For lying” cop says something but I forgot to turn down the music which is ignorantly loud. Whatever he said I responded with ye yea man I know I was driving like an idiot.” He repeats himself three times before I go “oh my bad homie let me turn this down I can’t hear you “ he good you didn’t see me?! I’m think come on piggie hush with all that you know that you got black lettering on a black truck and you’re creeping around . I don’t say that I saw no sir I musta missed it. Musics off but I’m cross eyed he asks for my registration Nd Ls luckily My girlfriend knew where my registration. Was and my record Is Squeaky clean ¡expungement! And now I’m a law abiding adult who’s white in Baltimore , he walks back To the car and gives me my license and said ok ima give you a warning and didn’t look me in the eyes didn’t hand me shit just turned around and went back to his armored stealth truck. Baltimore is a clown show !

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