WAR DANCE
A Short Story by Colin Cooper
It was a beautiful morning on Queensland’s Gold Coast when Sgt Troy Waddell spotted an erratic driver struggling to negotiate the roundabout ahead. He immediately hit the lights and sirens inside his Highway Patrol car and began to chase the blue Toyota Camry. The car pulled up, out jumps a very angry Mr Patel who began the conversation with threats towards the Sargeant who was calm and pleasant under the circumstances. The driver was breath tested and cleared but due to his nastiness, Sgt Waddell searched the car and gave him a ticket for two bald tyres. Mt Patel tore the ticket up, threw its pieces into the Policeman’s face and said ‘Prove it Asshole’.
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The court hearing date was a few months after the incident. It didn’t take Judge Graham too long to convict Mr Patel after viewing the crystal clear high definition video recording. ‘Mr Patel, You have acted like a petulant teenager, spewing vile at this decorated Police Sargeant, Your performance was akin to an Indian Chief doing a war dance’.
Mr Patel screamed out ‘Wrong type of Indian!’
Judge Graham continued: ‘The original fine of $360 stands, plus $600 for disobeying an officer of the law and a further $480 for failing to pay a fine, once I add court costs plus $600 for hollering obscenities at me today, that little dance has cost you $2500. The next time we meet I will be sending you for a free holiday courtesy of the Australian Government, Good day Sir’.
