The Ghetto

Again

Jahlil POV:

"Shit, shit, shit." That's the only word that popped into my head as the officer picked me up to drag me out of my class room. Ms Torres asked demandingly "What the hell is going on?" The officer's smile spread across his face and he said "This boy was involved in a street fight last night where two individuals were brutally beaten and one cannot be found." Ms. Torres asked angrily "So what, that doesn't give you the right to come into my classroom and humiliate my student in front of all these people." The officer dropped his smile "Look here bitch I am the law, so I do what I please, so shut the hell up and teach your class." With that he pushed me out of the door and Briante followed. Desmond wasn't handcuffed neither was Briante.

I gave them both a look that said "Attack him find the keys and uncuff me." They both shook their heads for no. I glared at them until Desmond finally grabbed the officer and Briante grabbed his keys. While those two were tussling Briante uncuffed me and then we ran over to help Desmond. The officer reached for his taser and at that moment I leaped at him and jabbed him in the face as hard as I could. He fell to the ground we took off running down the hallway to the parking lot me first, then Briante, then Desmond. I pulldd out my car keys and unlocked the doors before we got to the car. When we hopped in the officer had caught up to us he was about to head towards my car but instead he ran to his squad car. "Aw damn, what are we about to get into!" I asked out loud. I sped off out if the parking lot and headed up the hill of Jim Lee Rd. I turned right at the light and kept straight when we passed Cox Stadium I saw the asshole in my rearview mirror. I stepped on the gas harder but the little four cylinder wasn't going to go much over one hundred mph without feeling like there was an earthquake happening. "The Shit Shaker" is what my mom called it. By now the officer was right on my bumper, "Aww damn Cloud you can't make this shit go no faster?" Desmond asked panickingly. "Yeah, maybe by throwing your fat carcass over the side now shut up will you." I said angrily.

We were in the worst situation possible and he wanted to complain about speed. When I looked in my rearview mirror again instead of one asshole behind me there was five. "Oh hell no Jahlil you gotta do something!" Briante said in a panicked voice. I couldn't think of anything so I just pulled over and decided that we were just going to have take the L. "What the fuck are you doing!?" they both asked simotaneously. I just sat there silent then I stepped out of the car and put my hands up. The white officer ran up to me and pistol whipped me. I groaned in agony I think my nose was broken. I dropped to one knee and held my nose it was all puffy but it didn't feel like anything was broken even though I felt like it was. The other cops just stayed at their cars aiming their guns, no pedestrians stopped to help or to record they just kept walking minding their buisness. I finally caught a glimpse of the officers name tag, "B. Matthews". Didn't know where I knew that name from but I remembered it. He picked me up and pushed me into the backseat of the squad car leaving Desmond and Briante in my car.

"Why aren't you taking them." I asked moderately.

Shut the hell boy I'm asking the questions around here.

Look officer I don't know what I've done to make you come after me so hard but all this isn't necessary.

Oh so terrorizing a nerd in his senior year doesn't warrant this?

What the hell are you talking about when you were in highschool I probably was a freshman.

Nope just last year you were a sophomore and you made my life a living hell.

Shit I'm sorry but thats the past man your abusing your power because of something that happened over a year ago.

He slammed on breaks.

What the hell do you mean you're sorry, that doesn't fix anything. You owe me a year of your life asshole.

I took a deep breath and as I exhaled I saw my car in the rearview mirror. By now we were pulling into the police station. As soon as we stopped Desmond and Briante hopped out of my car and headed towards the cop car. Officer Matthews pulled me out of the car and we walked into the station.

We walked past the front desk with out a word from anyone. Matthews pushed me in the cell left me handcuffed, then he walked away after closing the cell door. I sat up and started thinking of a way to get out when I realized there was no way out, this wasn't one of the video games I used to play as a kid where one of my homies would could save me. I laid my head on the cold floor and fell asleep when a loud voice woke me telling me I had one phone call.

I was escorted to the phone and dialed my moms number.

"Mom....."