Story Time…
I finally have a story that is out of the ordinary. This
happened Thursday night.
I occasionally go Swing dancing on Thursday nights with a
group of friends. So, I was leaving this place a little early because I had to
get up early. As I was walking down the street, I noticed a group of people
walking toward the bar. (Side note: The swing dance is held in a room above the
bar… not associated with the bar though). I had to cross the street to get to
my car. So, I cut the corner a bit to give this group a little room. As they
got closer, I heard one of the guys in the group say, “Let’s start a fight in
the bar.” I decided I would ignore them. But as I was crossing the street I
heard the “Let’s-Start-A-Fight” guy call
out to me saying, “Hey, what do you want?” I turned around and saw him walking
towards me with his hands raised in the air.
I told him I didn’t want anything; and started to walk away.
Then he blocked me off and chest-bumped me. Then he said, “You wanna fight?” I
told him, “No, *you* don’t want to fight because you are about 100 lbs. lighter
than me.” He was about 5’ 9” and maybe 165-170 lbs. I am 6’ 2” and 220 lbs. He
kept up with those same two questions over and over.
He finally said, “You wanna walk away?” I said, “Sure, I’ll
walk away.” So, I tried to step around
him and he grabbed my shirt with both hands. So, I grabbed his shirt with my
left hand. I was concerned that he would start something so I left my right
hand free. Then he repeated the same two questions over and over again. “You
wanna fight? What do you want? What do you want…” and so on. From the start in
the back of my mind I had known that there was a car stopped in the
intersection. At this point, I saw it was a patrol car.
I told the guy to let go of my shirt. He told me no. I could
smell alcohol on his breath, although I don’t think he was entirely drunk. He
kept up with the same questions. By this point I was really angry. This random
guy comes up to me. And gets in my face to try and talk me down. So, I yelled
at him this time, telling him to let go of my shirt. Again he said, “No, you
wanna walk away?” I said I would still walk away. I tried to move a bit, but he
didn’t let go.
I had enough of that. So, I took my right arm and put it in
his stomach, lifting him off the ground and threw him away from me. He landed
on his back and did a backwards summersault. I walked away from him a bit and
the officer pulled up between us. The guy walked away and the officer asked me
what happened and asked if I was alright.
At 11:56, a male was arrested in front of the bar for
disorderly conduct. lol
The end.
-Michael | 
