Today around 7:45 PM, when I walked out of my local bar, I was going to my car, and a few kids came out of the South East branch of the DC public library. One of the kids yelled something, and I couldn't hear. Plus, I didn't think he was talking to me. So I ignored it. They walked down the ramp of the library, (he, about 14-16, and probably 5 other kids maybe 10-12), and he yelled again, and this time he was looking at me.
I still couldn't make out what he said, so I asked, "What?"
He replied, "Give that <incomprehensible> up!"
I couldn't understand what he said, so I asked him again, "What?"
Slowly, this kid replied, "Give that shit up!"
Not knowing what he was talking about, I asked, "What shit?" I was thinking, my pool cue? My jacket? What could this kid be talking about?
Trying to be more intimidating, he looks at me, stops, and says, "Your money nigga."
Now, when I was at that bar on Monday, the bartender told me about how some kids had come up to her, and showed a gun, and she stood up to them. Since I was in the same neighborhood, I thought, these are probably the same kids, so I said, "I'm not giving you my money!" Then I got in my car and drove away. I didn't call the police or anything, since they were all obviously minors, and it did freak me out a little bit. I go to that bar probably twice a week, and my car is pretty recognizable.
I'll have to be a little careful going forward, but I'm going to probably park my car in well-lit and well travelled areas for a while. Hopefully, I won't see that gun. Now, the area was right here, and the black thing above the two grass circles is the escalator to the Eastern Market stop of the DC Metro, and it was like 7:45 PM tonight, so it was still a little light out.
Posted by yakuza at October 12, 2006 11:09 PMFrom my friend Adam, who rents on said street: "ah, it's good to know that you can still get mugged in a hood with $1 million price tags on homes."
Posted by: jen at October 16, 2006 09:30 AM