and I got cited for it. Last night 'round 4am my buddy Phil and I were biking from a party and heading back to the neighborhood on Humbolt, near that expensive Good Life Cafe when a car nearly swideswiped us off the road. Being the delicate soul that I am I yelled "Fuck you!" at the driver not realizing they were 5-0. Copper slammed on their brakes about 4 feet in front of me and I had to swerve left immediately which resulted in slamming into the curb and toppling over my bars. Luckily my bicycle is fine and all I've got is a partially chipped tooth and some aches.

When he got out of the car he demanded to know what I was about and I responded with "What the hell man, you nearly took us out!" He promptly replied that vulgar language was illegal in Wisconsin(?) and asked if I'd like to go downtown. At this point I was simply sitting on the curb trying to sort things out while Phil and the other officer had some sort of debate about cyclists and cars. The pig talking to me puffed his chest out and responded that he was trained as a bike officer and I said then he should know how dangerous it is to stop directly in front of a biker. I also cited the ordnance for Wisconsin stating that all drivers are required to give bikers 3 feet of space when passing. No comprende for this fucker. He took my prints and told me a citation would come in the mail and I had court July 16th. They got in their car and left. A few seconds later two 20somethings came out of their apartment and handed Phil and I beers, the dude saying he thought we could use em. A conversation about the use of police and how useless they tended to be ensued. Dude was native american and had family from mexico so the cops LOVED him. He said he didn't go anywhere with anything remotely "dangerous" including dinner knives.
The woman said that she had been sexually assaulted and when she tried to report it their first question was "What were you wearing and were you drinking?" Yeah...unsurprising to the four of us there but unfortunately all too shocking for the average citizen. Every time I have an altercation with police-this was my first in mke-I reflect on how lucky I am to be white and male. I collapsed into bed with visions of dead cops dancing through my mind.

Today I feel stiff and sore but everything's intact and my bike is in good shape. Whatever the world tosses my way...it's on.