I don't grok it either. I've been trying to make some sense of it, but I just can't get my head around it.
If I thought the police would actually care, I'd have tried to get them involved in order to reduce the odds of there being a next time (for me or for whomever else catches his eye). But experience with the Baltimore police suggests that it would, alas, be a waste of time.
I didn't feel all that imperiled at the time, just cautious -- if he'd had two friends with him, egging each other on, that would have been Very Different -- and annoyed that he thought he had the right to insist that I react to him / justify my existence / act scared or contrite or whatever the hell response he was hoping to get from me / Idunnowhat. (Like I said, still struggling to comprehend the mindset and failing.)
I saw how he was holding the rock. I could tell he was thinking of throwing it. But I really didn't expect him to do it. I'm just glad he took his shot from far enough away to be easy to dodge easily.
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If I thought the police would actually care, I'd have tried to get them involved in order to reduce the odds of there being a next time (for me or for whomever else catches his eye). But experience with the Baltimore police suggests that it would, alas, be a waste of time.
I didn't feel all that imperiled at the time, just cautious -- if he'd had two friends with him, egging each other on, that would have been Very Different -- and annoyed that he thought he had the right to insist that I react to him / justify my existence / act scared or contrite or whatever the hell response he was hoping to get from me / Idunnowhat. (Like I said, still struggling to comprehend the mindset and failing.)
I saw how he was holding the rock. I could tell he was thinking of throwing it. But I really didn't expect him to do it. I'm just glad he took his shot from far enough away to be easy to dodge easily.