The first time I met William Kay he was just a surgent and I
was only about two or three when I wandered down Park Ave Amityville to the
intersection of Ireland Place and Park Ave. I was only in my diaper. I guess
that is when I started my wondering. Officer Kay and the Amityville Police
department would wander in and out of my life until I got married in 1969.
I remember
walking home from the movies with my friend (yes, we used to actually use our
legs) When a police car stopped us and the policeman said that my friend’s
father was driving drunk and they want my friend to drive him home. When my
friend told, them he was only 14 years old they said that they know that he
knows how to drive and we took his father home safely. When I was in High
School I was on the Wrestling Team and once when an Amityville cop stop me, he
said I saw you wrestle than a nice day;
Looking back
on those days I wonder if my black team mates can say similar stories. I felted
even when I was young that something not right was going on and I admit that I
was glad to be on the right side of the divide, but I wish there wasn’t a
divide at all.
