11/27/2021
So, this happened tonight… and it was frightening. My wife and I had a date night in Harbor East, we were ironically discussing the Ahmed Aubrey verdict, and how the original States Attorney wasn’t even going to prosecute. I pull up to President and Lombard, and there are two young black kids out doing the squeegee thing. I wave the younger one over and am giving him $ to not squeegee my window. As we are talking, I hear an older white guy scream, “Don’t touch my f**king car.” The other squeegee kid backs away. 50s white guy, with a Pennsylvania plate gets out with a mini-bat. He proceeds to yell at the kid, and starts swinging. He ultimately breaks the bat against the kids face, knocking him to the street next to my car. I get out and start yelling at him for being a piece of sh*t. Tell him to get back in his car… The kids get over to the sidewalk dodging cars as the light has turned green. No one else seems to care. I do. I check on him, as his face his covered in blood. I ask if they want me to call 911. I ask what I can do. They both say they’re used to it.
These young men don’t deserve this wrath. If you don’t want to interact, just keep your window up and go about your business, they’ll do the same. The ONLY time I have ever seen them act aggressively is when a driver is an asshole first. Don’t be that asshole.
I keep thinking of things I could’ve done better to ID that ass, but it all happened so quick, and I just wanted to make sure that kid was ok. the Ahmed Aubrey verdict, and how the original States Attorney wasn’t even going to prosecute. I pull up to President and Lombard, and there are two young black kids out doing the squeegee thing. I wave the younger one over and am giving him $ to not squeegee my window. As we are talking, I hear an older white guy scream, “Don’t touch my f**king car.” The other squeegee kid backs away. 50s white guy, with a Pennsylvania plate gets out with a mini-bat. He proceeds to yell at the kid, and starts swinging. He ultimately breaks the bat against the kids face, knocking him to the street next to my car. I get out and start yelling at him for being a piece of sh*t. Tell him to get back in his car… The kids get over to the sidewalk dodging cars as the light has turned green. No one else seems to care. I do. I check on him, as his face his covered in blood. I ask if they want me to call 911. I ask what I can do. They both say they’re used to it.
These young men don’t deserve this wrath. If you don’t want to interact, just keep your window up and go about your business, they’ll do the same. The ONLY time I have ever seen them act aggressively is when a driver is an asshole first. Don’t be that asshole.
I keep thinking of things I could’ve done better to ID that ass, but it all happened so quick, and I just wanted to make sure that kid was ok.
PLEASE, if anyone knows who this young man is, I still want to help him. DM me if you know him, they both walked away, East down Lombard.
