Going on around here. There is, literally, a police officer on every single street corner.

I didn't do anything.

Maybe it's Sean Bell related.

My friend M. was in town a few weeks back. We were walking up Broadway. As a black guy who'd been living in rural Pennsylvania for a few years he said "Man it's nice to walk down the street without worrying about dudes in pickups coming at me with baseball bats."

We laughed. A full but nervous laugh.