road memory

After being back for a bit now the memories start to seep in from the run. Bit by bit the blur starts to become a bit less hermetic and you start remembering each day. I was thinking about Big Chris’s post on DS about the bullshit they gotta go through and it reminded me of our first day on Restless Run. We were up in Flagstaff rippin around trying to catch up with some of our brothers who were at a liquor store. Apparently the Flagstaff, AZ Gang Task Force (seriously?) had been watching us the entire time while we re down town and tailed us to the liquor store. We got off our bikes and started to walk in when they rolled up on us like we were trying to rob the place.

We go through the same shit we normally do. License, reg, insurance…what’s that patch mean…what’s that sticker mean…they stripped us of our side arms and started the song and dance. I normally just sit there and let them get their kicks but these dudes deserved a two way discussion. I asked them if they have a lot of “gang problems” up in hippytown Flagstaff, AZ. They said they had been “working” the “juggalos” all day and were about to end their shift when they were called on to us. I asked them “what the fuck is a juggalo” and they told me they were a gang that followed the Insane Clown Posse. This pretty much blew my mind. These dudes justify their “shift” as following around Insane Clown Posse fans? Now they’re hassling us? A couple of our brothers were in the liquor store and were egging the store owner on to come out and give the cops a hard time for disrupting his business. The dude amazingly put on a certain song by Body Count on the parking lot speakers. We got rid of the cops after some more ridiculous questions and they were on the their way. We went into the store bought some booze for the camp site and a bunch of kids started giving us beers and the owner even rolled up something nice for us. Now that’s customer service. Anyways…the police state is getting out of hand. You got a bunch of 30 year old cops running around chasing after 17 year old baggy pants wearing ICP fans and the tax payers dollars are catching the bill….no wonder this country’s broke. Gang Task Force in Flagstaff? Really?