Reminded and inspired by Blue Witch
Eighteen months ago at a wedding I was chatting with Richard, a lovely bloke I've know from Uni. Conversation got onto gun crime, as it does when you live in Brixton (me) and Green Lanes (him). There had recently been a gun battle between rival drug gangs on Green Lanes. Richard was, understandably, alarmed. Because he's got a child. because, presumably, those without children just don't give a shit about random senseless violence...
Yesterday, another friend had an unpleasant incident down Peckham way. Some 'orrible teens and pre-teens threw some eggs at her car. So she chased them, and tried to give them a talking to - asking them where their parents were and one snotty bitch said contemptuously "Ha! Do you expect our parents to play with us?" and sneered at Friend. So Friend went into a nearby shop, bought half a dozen eggs and broke them over the kids. Now she's concerned that the police will be after her for assaulting minors (she's a semi-qualified barrister and is planning to train a s a teacher). I advised her to say Yes Officer, No Officer and be polite; to seek advice from her criminal lawyer friend, not her accountant friend, and if the police wanted to pursue the matter, I would put the word out and make her a cause celebre with the backing of 90%+ of the population. I told her it wasn't the cleverest thing she'd ever done, but not the end of the world.
I said to her husband, who is a really great guy, that she could have ended up swerving onto the pavement and hitting someone. He made some comment about "Yeah, she had the children in the car..." Now, I'm not having a go, but any car crash is potentially nasty.
BTW, what is your opinion on the egg incident?
