Name:   realfast64 - Subject:   Stand Your Ground - They Didn’t Date:   6/22/2021 12:47:15 PM

    Mountain man i must reply I was in STL in 2001. I was traveling to South Dakota with a Fifth wheel in tow. I Stopped at a Lowes parking lot about 9:30 pm as many travlers do.  I walked around my rig to check thing then entered my camper and went to bed. I awoke somewhere around the 7 oclock hour put on a pot of coffee and again walked around my rig checking tires and oil and such. As I reached for the door handle to enter a police car pulled up. My mind raced as to to why i was getting a vist from a officer of the law. Was i in violation of some law or was he checking out who I was.  The officer was a rather large black man. A very impressionable officer of the law. He says something like good morning sir, did you have a good night? To which i replied yes yes I did it was a long day.  He replied good.  He then asked where are you headed, Sturgis ? To which i said does it show? To which we both laughed. At this point he asked if i knew where i was at? With a perplexed look i said STL.  His reply was yes the worst part of STL you could have stopped in!!  But you were alright we watched over you last night. If we had not you would not have had tires to check or a truck to continue to Sturgis!!!   Wow I could not shower and dress fast enough! From that conversation i checked on the places i stopped at night along my travel routes!  

  With that encounter nothing would surprise me from that town. Now I know video can be altered to push a agenda but with careful examination one can see the truth and what has been staged. But when the keepers of the city tell you it is a bad area one needs to pay attention.  

  The saying use to be "Good fences make good neighbors" but not so sure now. Reason is because if someone doesnt have self respect they AINT going to respect you or YOURS.