I can sorta relate to that Jeager.... and GOD BLESS the law enforcement people that keep us safe every day! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR!
I was a security guard for a short time years ago. One of my favorite stations was at a bar mostly patronized by Mexican nationals not legally in the U.S.....trying to be politically correct, lol?
Anyway, I was literally the only white boy in the place and the only one carrying a gun in the open, no lol. I had NO problems! I carded the old ladies to make them giggle, and reminded the guys to take their fights out to the parking lot. Then I'd go over to the band and request 'La Bamba', and ask them to let them know it was the security guard that requested it. At the end of that, I would get a dozen people coming by and letting me know that if I had ANY problems, they would have my back. It was AWESOME!
We had one SIX-SEVEN American Indian guard that went in there, announcing to EVERYBODY that HE was the baddest S.O.B. in the place...half an hour later this LITTLE five foot nothing guy snuck up behind him and laid him out with a beer bottle! NOW who's bad?!
Anyway, I seem to remember hearing somewhere that we are to treat others as we want to be treated, and that golden rule IGNORES the color of our hides, lol!
HOW can you hate someone from across the street because of the color of the outer layer of his skin? Talk about ignorance! Get to know me, THEN hate me, lol!