
“It belongs to the community,” I told him. So I barely noticed the handcuffs the officer slapped on my wrists. I wasn’t too clear on what being arrested meant either.īut by then they were loading Rain onto a stretcher to rush her in for X-rays.

At the time, I didn’t even know what a license was. He was arresting me for driving without a license. I was thirteen the first time I saw a police officer up close.

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