If he ever runs for public office, the cop knows they’re going to bring it up. Police brutality. How harsh this sounds! He checks his image in the mirror. Tall, slender, gray, a mild man, a gentle man. Brutal? Moi?
The cop has this little speech he uses. It goes like this:
And Sir picks right up on it. He was already unfriendly. Now he’s downright hostile.
Then he makes his big mistake. “Why aren’t you out chasing criminals?”
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Police brutality? No, no, we never had any such thing in mind. But since Sir was being–how to put this delicately–such an asshole, why not bust his balls? Just a little?
Actually, in the case of Sir, with his suit and tie and pristine driver’s license, a radio check hardly promises to be worth the trouble. There is, in fact, only one reason for running this 27-29.
And here comes the dispatcher’s voice. Car 16, she says. Do you have that subject in custody?
