territorial bums

TEXT to GRACE at 8:20am:

I just watched a bum get punched in the face by three other bums. don't worry I was in my car. I'll tell you more later. good morning.

Yesterday I was driving in my car and stopped at the corner of I-35 and 38th St when I witnessed a bum fight. A homeless man was standing on the street corner holding a sign that I wasn't able to read from where I was when three other bums approached him from behind in a stalking-manner. It was freezing cold outside and I wasn't able to make out what they yelled at him over the sounds of my car and those around me. Then WACK! One of the three hauled off and slugged the man right in the face/head. He toppled over and another man slugged him in the side. They all stood there over him as he struggled to gather his sign and stand on his feet. He rose and starter to stagger across the street to the Shell station muttering something, and then the three bums picked up one of the few bags propped up against the guardrail and proceeded to walk in the opposite direction across the overpass. Strange things! What was stranger was seeing it all unfold before my eyes, and not being able to really do a thing, even if I had wanted to. I had heard that the homeless people standing on the street corners were very territorial... I just had never witnessed anything more than verbal fights...