24-7-2009 - The race card

My mood while writing this blog: Anger

Ok, so this is not about pregnancy, but dumb garbage. I just need to vent & would like to get some opinions. Please be honest.

My 16 year old son Zech, has made some bad choices over ther last year & is just getting back on track. We have some new neighbors on my street that are really bad news, but they think they are just great. I have raised my children to be color blind, I believe that good friends are hard to find and when you allow color to be a part of your choice, you miss a lot of wonderful people.

Well, there is a new guy on my street whose name is Brandon & he thinks he should be a menter to my son because his dad is a jerk. First, Brandon is an unemployed, ex-con, alcoholic, drug addict, who has 3 kids he doesn't support & barely sees. Please tell me what he could possibly teach my son about being a man?? Well, about a week and a half ago, I was sitting outside with Zech & one of his friends when this guy Brandon & his godson Anton came walking up to my house. Brandon is 26 Anton is 20 and they were both drunk. Anton was polite and quiet the entire time, but Brandon starting yelling at Zech for saying the word "Damn" in front of me. He started threatening my son & eventually even yelling at me because I let Zech say that and he was going to teach my son to be a man. He has been told MANY times to stay away from Zech. I told him politely 8X to leave before I called the police. He was so loud he woke up 4 of my neighbors.

Well the police came & they told him he needed to leave. They arrested Anton because he had an open beer in his hand, was drunk, underage, and had warrents out on him. After they left, Brandon continued to threaten my son & I, and refused to leave. I called the police again, this time they took him away also. Since that time Anton has been in jail, we felt bad because he didn't do anything to us, but was arrested for being stupid.

Anton was released yesterday, and showed up at my home today banging on my door & threatening Zech because he said we signed papers against him. We never signed a complaint on anyone that night, but especially Anton. Well, Zech tried to walk our dog this evening & Anton saw him & went after him. I again called the police. The police asked if I had their address & I said no, but Brandon's dad was coming down the street & the officer stopped him to ask for his address. Brandon dad gave his version of what has been going on although he has never been around for ANY of it. I should mention that Brandon, Anton, and the officer are all black and we are not. After talking to them the officer came to my home and told me that my son & I are not innocent victims in this matter because we have been harrassing them for weeks. I said bull. Everytime the cops have been called it is because they came to my home. We were told we need to just stay in the house and leave them alone. They don't even live on my street, but we should stay in the house. Please explain how we became the bad guys. When they found Anton to talk to him, he was riding a stolen bike and was arrested again. Brandon has been outside my home yelling for the last 4 hours because this is all our fault & poor Anton didn't do anything. 4 of my neighbors heard Anton Threatening Zech and chasing him today. How did we become the bad guys. I can't sit on my own porch because Brandon keeps walking back and forth in front of house yelling.

I NEVER pull the race card, but this has become racial. The police officer is under the impression we just don't like them because they are black. My best friend is black, my oldest sons best friend is black, two of his ex-girlfriends are black, and I have black relatives. Please someone tell me how I became a racist just because I won't be harrassed by this guy. COLOR didn't have anything to do with, he is just an ass. I am open to comments and advise. Yes, I am in the process of moving.