A Walk

Hey, John. How you doing?
I'm well! How about you?
I'm fine. You seen all this stuff about Eric Garner recently?
The guy killed in Staten Island? Yeah I saw if for a second on the news last night. It's pretty crazy.
Yeah. He really should have known better.
Yeah. Wait...who should have known better?
The Garner guy. He should have known better than to resist the police.
I'm not sure if it's as simple as you're making it.
The fact is, he probably would have kept on breaking the law anyway.
But how can you say that? You didn't even know him.
Yeah...but I know his type.
What's that supposed to mean? I think you're being kind of racist right now.
Oh come on, John. It's not racist to think a guy like him would break the law. More blacks go to jail than whites in this country, you know.
But that still doesn't mean you can speak to his case specifically.
Well, I just know what my insides and the statistics tell me.
You might want to look at the facts again before you say things like that.
Fine! I guess I won't walk around the neighborhood with you anymore!
I'm just sorry you feel the way that you do. Your logic has some holes, and I think you're being very unfair and insensitive.
I don't need to listen to this anymore. I'm going inside.