i was hit by a cop in his car in austin walking home from dinner with my so

he slammed on his brakes the moment he realised and the first thing out of his mouth was, 'sir! back up onto the curb!(to my so) sir! sir, have you been drinking?'

my so and i replied, 'WHAT?! you hit me, there is still 10 seconds on the walk clock!' pointing at the crosswalk clock for our direction.. the cop ran his red light

the next second three other cop cars sped onto the scene blocking the traffic in three directions

all of their officers got out of their vehicles and rushed over to the officer who hit me and asked him, 'what's going on here?'

then he walked them out of earshot and was gesturing wildly with his hands and pointed at us

i walked over to their kafka'esque huddle and stated, 'why are you asking him? he's the one who struck me with his vehicle'

they asked for 'my version' of the story then if i needed an ambulance to come and take me to the er, and i said i would be unable to afford an ambulance and hospital stay so they said, 'well, then everything is fine here' and all four officers got in their cars and drove off

leaving my so and i in the middle of the intersection of 7th and melina confused and infuriated

if i was alone i'm sure i would have been bagged as well for following the rules of road but finding myself under the bumper of a red light running cop

the fact that this was during sxsw 2014 had previously been uninteresting to me

..edit, said 'last year' but i lived in austin in 2014, yup, time flies