GigaBuist
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It seems my brother had a bit of a scuffle that I thought you guys might find interesting.
He lives in a fairly small town, which is where we grew up. As usual he was at the local bar (don't most stories start out this way?) when a fellow started causing trouble. The brother isn't involved at all, but when the bouncer tosses the guy out he sort of enlisted my brother and his friends to help out.
Some sort of chaos ensuses, I believe my brother or one of his friends ended up clocking the guy when he went after somebody in the parking lot. I wasn't paying too much attention to the story at this time, because it wasn't that interesting.
Well, the guy gets home (no idea how) and this is where it gets interesting. My brother lives in a trailer park... 2-3 lots down from this guy. He's always been trouble. He's in his 30's or 40's, a drunk, and has a habit of threatening people around the park when intoxicated. My brother, being a country boy, doesn't take good care to lock his doors either.
Well... a bit later the neighbor across the road (mutual buddy with my brother and I, we went to high school together) notices somebody in my brother's trailer. It's the guy from the bar. Jim talks the guy out of there and thinks everything is fine.
A while later my brother arrives back home with his roomate (a docile man, not a heavy drinker, a stand-up kinda guy) and when they get out of the car the lunatic comes out of his place with a butcher knife.
I'm paying attention to the story now.
The roomate, thinking he's Superman apparently, rushes the guy unarmed and tackles him. A struggle ensues, my brother gets the knife from the guy but gets a small cut in the process.
The police are called, the guy is hauled off, and they informed him that they'd let him know what happens. I presume to warn him if he's released.
As an aside, the police were very surprised that my brother wasn't terribly upset about the situation during the interview and seemed almost happy. They asked why. My brother's reply was, "Well, it's just that I've never been drunk around a cop when I'm not the one in trouble!"
Certainly the situation wasn't handled as well as it could have been.
He lives in a fairly small town, which is where we grew up. As usual he was at the local bar (don't most stories start out this way?) when a fellow started causing trouble. The brother isn't involved at all, but when the bouncer tosses the guy out he sort of enlisted my brother and his friends to help out.
Some sort of chaos ensuses, I believe my brother or one of his friends ended up clocking the guy when he went after somebody in the parking lot. I wasn't paying too much attention to the story at this time, because it wasn't that interesting.
Well, the guy gets home (no idea how) and this is where it gets interesting. My brother lives in a trailer park... 2-3 lots down from this guy. He's always been trouble. He's in his 30's or 40's, a drunk, and has a habit of threatening people around the park when intoxicated. My brother, being a country boy, doesn't take good care to lock his doors either.
Well... a bit later the neighbor across the road (mutual buddy with my brother and I, we went to high school together) notices somebody in my brother's trailer. It's the guy from the bar. Jim talks the guy out of there and thinks everything is fine.
A while later my brother arrives back home with his roomate (a docile man, not a heavy drinker, a stand-up kinda guy) and when they get out of the car the lunatic comes out of his place with a butcher knife.
I'm paying attention to the story now.
The roomate, thinking he's Superman apparently, rushes the guy unarmed and tackles him. A struggle ensues, my brother gets the knife from the guy but gets a small cut in the process.
The police are called, the guy is hauled off, and they informed him that they'd let him know what happens. I presume to warn him if he's released.
As an aside, the police were very surprised that my brother wasn't terribly upset about the situation during the interview and seemed almost happy. They asked why. My brother's reply was, "Well, it's just that I've never been drunk around a cop when I'm not the one in trouble!"
Certainly the situation wasn't handled as well as it could have been.