Afraid to walk the streets...

[Isaac]

First off, I live in a TERRIBLE town. It's full of jocks and wannabe gangster white kids and me and my friends couldn't have been born in a worse place. We can't walk down to a corner store without getting flipped off by older kids in their trucks and 95' mustangs. Sometimes they even throw food and **** as they drive by. However, I usually just walk around anyways when I'm bored.

One day I was walking down to a friends house with one of my other friends, and we past a two girls (one of them being an ex) and this guy (who was one of thems cousin.) Well, a rumor has been going around that my friend I was walking with "stalked" my ex, so the guy hanging out with them started to follow us, like he was going to fight us (ripped his shirt off, which made me lulz.) We just ignored it and rode onto my friends house.

We picked up my other friend, and the three of us headed back to my house. So we past by the same place again, and the friend we picked up wanted to go down and talk to the two girls cause he knew them. My mom then called and I had to go home, so I left them to go talk to the girls even though I advised my other friend not too cause I knew trouble would arise from him going in front of the guy who was chasing us. He went anyways, parked his bike behind the building too (hes very protective of his stuff btw, you'll need to know that later.)

Anyways, I then got home and my friend called. He said that the guy chasing us took my other friends bike, so my friend pulled his knife out on him and chased him to get it back. Now I know personally my friend would NEVER stab anyone, ever. But the guy who took his bike got pissed, and after my friend got his bike back, the guy chased him and hit him in the back very, very hard. Then my friend drove off.

The other friend, who was talking to the girls while this was happening, didn't want to help cause he didn't want to piss off the guy. He just told the two girls he was talking to go home, advising them to not talk to the guy again. The guy came back, acted like nothing happened and left, chasing the girls home to talk to them. My other two friends then met up.

Then I came back from where I went, and called the friend who got his bike taken. I asked him to come over (he went home.) So he did and then I called my other friend. He said he was doing chores but would come over for a little while. He also mentioned that he saw a guy stopped by the cops with a bike, but didn't know who it was. When he finally came over, he said we should go investigate. Sure enough, it was my friend. The guys mom called the police on my friend for pulling a knife out on him, even though he didn't touch him with it. He also said that he didn't take his bike, but just took it out for a stroll with my friends permission.

My friend got off pretty easy, other than the fact that his parents grounded him for a long time. But now, I don't know what I should do. The guy knows I'm his friend, and I know he lives near me. I fear if I see him, I'll get my *** kicked, and I'm sure as hell not gonna do anything cause If I do I'll get the cops called on me without even getting to tell my side of the story (happened to my friend.)

SHORT STORY - After an incident with my friend, I'm afraid to walk the streets again cause I'm afraid I might get jumped.

Anyone?

[IceNineKills]

If you can't beat them, join them.

[PaintYourTarget]

Think of it this way, if you just go out like normal the worst that'll happen is you get beat up once and that'll be it... if you hide away then you'll be constantly paranoid and they'll keep having a go whenever they see you.

[GommeInc]

First off, your friend deserved getting the police on him, he was carrying a knife. If anything he should be heavily fined and possibly held at a police station for a while, to teach him a lesson. Secondly, if you get 'jumped', tell them your side of the story and get this other guy told off. If they refuse to listen to your side of the story, then they're terrible police men... They need to learn the whole story, and if you have bruises etc, who will they listen to

[efq]

Ignore them, doesn't work you call the police. Simple enough pal. Other day some kids went into some garden next door to me, age 14/15 smoking and messing about. I had a day off the next morning so I couldn't be ****** to be kept awake late and my friend next door had a young baby so I didn't want them to wake the baby up so I rang the police. 5 Minutes later, they go down the ally way, look over at them saying dont move.
Them outside with lights on them, being took somewhere for smoking and carrying weed under age.
They are now also banned from the street for the next 9 months and extra.

Left me happy because I don't let little things like silly kids or bullies get away with things.

[BAD BAZ]

learn to fight.

[,Rachyy,]

Well surely, violence is never the answer. If you are afraid then I suggest only walking around when necessary, take a car ride or a bike. The faster that you get to your destination, the better right? As long as you feel safe then you should be okay. If it was me, I wouldn't be wondering the streets aimlessly, but I wouldn't hold myself back because of one thing that happened. Use your judegement, don't hold yourself back though.

[N-Dubz]

You do have to learn to fight back, if you don't they'll beat you up. Honest.

If your scared about the what there gonna do you have to toughen up, running away from the situation and never leaving your house is not the answer. It's not gonna change, they will always remember so you have to face the music.

Don't give up easy, ignoring them wont be the answer. Your going to see them sooner or later so just act normal unless they start then just fight back? Defend yourself - else your gonna get bruised.

Coming from a rough area myself I know how bad it is but you have to learn that you can't always run away. If they know they can hurt you, make you upset or scared they will always do it.

[Stacey.]

Fight back, else you're going to be stuck in your house forever.

[beth]

oh, stop *****ing out.