Are we ready to respond when something happens to alter our
steps? Here’s an event that may make you
ponder the appropriate approach that should have been taken.
Once upon a July 4th a lady and her two daughters, being 19
and 17, went to South Plains Mall; however, not any of the three wanted to go
because of the crowd they knew would be in the mall. There was a reason, which was to see if
something they needed was available so they made a quick trip to one store and
started back out of the mall.
The 19 year-old said, “Oh, let’s get a “Frulati” just as
they were passing the booth and so she and mother turned and entered the
booth. The crowd was enormous and mother
turned to look for the younger daughter and saw three tall men right behind her
and one of the men grabbed her buttocks and squeezed as mom watched. The younger daughter’s eyes were very large
and her mouth fell open as the hand grabbed her. A normally shy mom reached for the
19-year-old (who had no idea of what just happened) and said, “Come on we are
going after these guys”.
The men were all tall, definitely in their twenties, wearing
cowboy hats and boots, which made them easy to follow in the crowded area. As fate would have it, one of them needed to
stop at the restroom outside the Sears store.
Therefore, the group of three was easily caught up to by Mama and her
two daughters. The man that had grabbed
the younger daughter’s buttocks was standing there outside Sears waiting for
his friend. Mom said, “Sir?” and he
responded, “Yes ma’am?” Mom was quick to
tell him she saw him grad her daughter’s rear end. He quickly started the
denial process by saying, “I did not,” very vehemently. Mom responded, “Maybe you did not hear me, I
said I saw you grab my daughters rear end.” Again the man denied it to the
point of getting loud and bowing up to Mom as if he was going to hit her.
By this time a crowd had formed watching the action. There were people sitting on the benches
outside of Sears looking on and wondering what was going to happen. Well, Mom had no intention of giving in
because this man had touched her baby inappropriately. The man said in a hostile manner, “I’m
married and I wouldn’t do that.” The
normally shy mother spoke up with, “You’re not helping yourself with me at
all.” The man once again bowed up as if
he were going to hurt Mom and the younger daughter stepped up to say, “Sir, my
mom has a power that you don’t know anything about so don’t mess with
her.” He mockingly jumped back and
replied, “I’m scared.” Then the man
looked at Mom and said, “Well, if I did do this, what are you going to do about
it?” The crowd had increased to see the
drama taking place. Mom said, “Have you
ever heard of the law?”
Precisely, as Mom was asking if he had heard of the law, a
plain clothed policeman stood up from the bench exactly beside where this
fiasco was happening, and responded with, “Ma’am, I am the law, may I help you”
as he was displaying his badge.
The police handcuffed all three men and shared with us that
this grabbing of girls’ buttocks had been happening all over the mall that day
and thanked us for helping them catch the men responsible. The police allowed the mom and daughters to
get out of the mall and to their car while they held the men. Considering this information, could the
mother and daughters have been there for a reason? Ummm…
Realizing this may sound like a part in a movie, this event
is true; therefore, did the Mom handle this event appropriately? Ummm…
Our guest columnist is a freelance writer from Texas, Quintella Loudon Davenport.
Our guest columnist is a freelance writer from Texas, Quintella Loudon Davenport.
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