A couple drug dealers had been standing on the corner in front of my house for the past hour or so. I watched them intermittantly to make sure they weren't coming on my property. At 3:00, a patrol car passed by my house as one of these guys was standing there. This particular guy is only seventeen or eighteen and he is "known" by the police. Sometimes it seems that FWPD thinks it's okay to sell drugs on the corner of Warsaw and Suttenfield, as this cop didn't even bother slowing down to stare as he passed by.
Just after this officer passed by, I looked back at the corner and didn't see anyone there. Maybe he was actually scared away by the presence of the officer. So I looked from another angle and saw that there were two of them there now, both setting on my wall that is marked with several no trespassing signs (I even posted one in Spanish - just in case). So I went out on the front porch, hopped the rail onto the ground and landed on the sidewalk right in front of them saying "What the fuck are you doing here on my property? Get the fuck off my wall now."
Ike and Jesse both immediately jumped up and moved to the sidewalk, ignoring me and acting as though nothing was going on. Just then, Jesse turned to me and said "Look, you made your point, you don't got to keep yelling us." Well, since I have asked, pleaded and demanded numerous times that both of these individuals stay off my property, and since they are THE reason that I had to put up the no-trespassing signs, then evidently my point has not been made. So I added "You're drug dealers god damnit, and I don't want you on my property!"
Jesse said "You don't have to keep yelling at us, I'll take this house down." Now I took that as a threat to my life, so I walked inside to call 911. As I was about to dial the final number, I changed my mind. It seems as if the police department is quite ineffective on these matters, so why should I waste my time calling them. I had my gun now, and I was on my property, so if Jesse wants to take my house down, I'll handle the situation myself.
Ike and Jesse had moved across the street now, so I went back out to work in the yard. About ten minutes later, I heard Ike say "Let's go, they're sending someone out now." I just assumed they were referring to a drug customer as they began walking towards one of their houses. A few minutes later, I heard one of my neighbors saying "I think he's around back", so I started walking to the front to see if he was talking about me. A police officer stepped off my front porch and greeted me, asking if ev erything was okay. My response was "Yeah, everythings fine." He checked my address, then asked if I had called 911.
Evidently I must have accidently hit that one twice by mistake before I hung up the phone. Realizing what had happened, I knew that I had to offer the officer some explanation. I said "I'm sorry, I meant to hang up before the call went through because I changed my mind." He asked why I had called and I told him one of the drug dealers said he was going to "take down my house", and I took that as a threat. As I was calling to report this, I realized that since I now had my gun and I was on my own property, I could just take care of it myself. The officer simply said okay, and walked back to his motorcycle and drove away.
By the way, Jesse is the one who was trying to buy a gun in front of my house last month. I didn't bother mentioning this to the police because they have already made it clear that they don't consider eighteen year old drug dealers purchasing illegal weapons to be a problem.
Gee, I sure wish Paul Helmke was still Mayor here. By ordering me (a law-abiding citizen) to not have a gun in my own home, this entire problem would be solved. I mean it's only logical to assume that once I give up my gun, then the criminals will follow suit and turn theirs in also.
ROFLMAO...sure they would, Buddy....just watch them!
ReplyDeleteBetcha the FWPD phones are ringing off the hook....(yawns)
Nice pictures of the house...next time, tell the photo developer NOT to "flop" the photos, OK?
I was like who the hell moved Phil's corner to the OTHER side of the property?
And I'm also glad we got the "you-know-what" doing what it's supposed to do.
Found out one thing living in an area like mine (and yours as well)...when telling ANY of these mooks to move along, the word NOT to use is "boy"...that somehow strikes a chord with them, and they get ALL "uppity" SO damn fast, even though, compared to MY AGE...they're pretty much ALL STILL BOYS (under 21 is a good parameter)
Take the house "down"....?
(ahem)...well, we'll have to see how that plays out when that kid is in the GROUND first (as I like to tell them).
I found talking nice does no good, and being only 5'6" goes nowhere just as fast, so I have to up the ante from time to time....just to jog their "short-term memory" problems.
(It's a "gift"...lol)
Stay safe.
B.G.
As to calling people "boy", I know what you're talking about. It's real easy to say that when your talking with someone who is less than half your age. Even if you mean no disrespect by it, it can easily be misconstrued. I know that "dawg" would probably resonate with a lot of them, but I can never call someone this without laughing at the same time. I usually just stick with "you guys" as a standard rule.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the height goes, I understand you here. I think that my height (6'4") might seem intimidating to some people when I confront them. But anybody with any intelligence knows that height alone (short or tall) does not really tell you much about the person.
And as far as the gun amnesty program goes, I wish I owned a gun shop. I would find out where they were collecting the guns and set up shop right outside with a big sign that said "Will pay $$$ for guns." They're getting rid of them anyway so who do you think they'd choose - the cop and preacher that are giving them a pat on the back or the man paying them cash?
we had a church down here in indy pay for guns a few months ago. they do it every now and then. and i've learn to say the word dawg, but i perfer words that i cant really type here. oh well i will be spending alot of time in an area like yours today. i got to change purses and use my 2.00 bag not my 200.00 bag. stay safe and keep praying.
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