When I was young and we saw a gaggle of cops, we knew someone might be in trouble. We were
pretty certain it wasn't any of us.
Today, the kids think much differently.
The camp bus rolled up to the Detroit Belle Isle entrance Wednesday.
One of the youngsters asked distractedly,
"What are all these police doing here?"
Another answered,
"Cause they don't like us."
According to the camp counselors it was Youth Day at Belle Isle, and cops seemed to be there from
the tri-county area, as well as the Border Patrol!
Just then some of the kids began to mimic Uncle Ruckus of the cartoon show, The Boondocks.
"Look at all the picaninny chillren, wit dey picaninny essence all in d' ayur!"
So the counselors (All on the bus were African-American of American slave heritage.) began to laugh out loud. They asked the youngsters,
"Do you watch The Boondocks?"
Initially, the children thought they were in trouble, but at the end they all began to laugh.
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