Thursday, October 29, 2015

Another American Life

A man takes his teenage daughter to a baseball playoff game. They are very excited. The game is tense and their team loses. As they are leaving, they become separated in the crowd. He is worried, then more anxious as he fails to find her. A guy, a drunken fan of the other team, sees his anxiety and begins to harass him. This goes on and on, with the remarks escalating as the father's anxiety about the girl rises. Finally the guy says, "You better find her before I do." He pops him. The guy goes down, hits his head and is admitted to the ICU for 5 days. Almost dies.
The father is arrested and booked for felony assault. He has never had any trouble in the past and his lawyer expects no jail time. But he has his own insurance business--a big one--and you can not sell insurance with a felony conviction. He will likely lose his business and his line of work.
His life is ruined.

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