The Rover: street fighting do's and don'ts

Learning restraint and kindness in the cauldron of street violence

By the time he stepped out of his car, I figured there was a fifty-fifty chance the kid wanted to fight.

I pulled up the parking brake hard and left the Toyota idling on a busy downtown street, intent on meeting him halfway between our vehicles. Over the years, I’ve learned the hard way that you can’t just stay in your car when someone is in the throes o…