Fortunately

     It got worse.  Sadly, after so much targeting of presumably innocent black males, he’d had enough.  He had become semi-militant in his thoughts on law enforcement.  This struck the core of my mental state.  The notion that in a situation he might lose it concerned me to the point that it began to take a toll physically on me.  Fortunately, he got over that mode shortly and I could breathe somewhat easier in his absence. […]