<TITLE>07. Par 27-29</TITLE>L-27 And Brother Brown, just about like myself, can't talk good. And he said, "I'm from Louisiana."
He said, "Do you mean that they let you jaywalk in Louisiana?"
And he said, "Just walk anywhere you want to."
So he--he said, "Walk across the street?"
Said, "Yes."
He said, "You're a lying."
Mr. Moore said, "No. I'll voucher for him." Said, "We can walk anywhere you want to in Shreveport where we live, as long as you're just watch your traffic."
Oh, and that little policeman got arrogant. And Mr. Brown said, "Sir, I'm only telling you the truth."
He said, "You did that just to act smart, 'cause you seen me on the corner and knowed I was a policeman." You know, one of these little fellows wants a feather in their cap? So he said, "You're just acting smart. I'm going to jerk you out of there and put you in jail."
He said, "Mister, you can put me in jail if that's your rules." But said, "I'm a minister of the Gospel." He said, "I don't lie. I'm honest. If I'd knowed you shouldn't done that, I would not have done it." He said, "But I didn't know any difference."

L-28 Oh, and he got real nasty about it. And I told him I was a minister, and Mr. Moore was a minister. There was two more ministers in the car. Oh, he really got raw then. "Ministers, law breakers."
And I said, "We're not law breakers, sir." I said, "We're honorable men who preach the Gospel."
And he... Something said to me like this. "Be not deceived, for God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
I just quit talking to the fellow. Held my head down and let him go ahead till he got all the steam blowed out. And then he threatened us and everything else. And of course, they'd been brought before a judge. And the man proved that he didn't know any difference. We hadn't been there but two days. And we'd been... He'd been living out in the--one of those side streets way out, King's Courts, or something like that. And he didn't know any different. But the policeman, just to be nasty... But you know, the Bible said, "Touch not Mine anointed."
I said, "Well, did you get the room, Brother Brown?"
He said, "Didn't have any."
I said, "Well, I will go back."

L-29 And we started driving out. And I took them back to their place about six blocks away or a little more. And I come back around just in time to see the man try to run around a man making a right hand turn, and was crushed under the wheels. I stopped my car, and pulled over to one side to be sure if that was the policeman, and it was. He'd run under a truck making a right hand turn (Policeman's fault.), slid his tires sideways, and went right under the big wheels of that truck. There he was mashed up, legs broke, arms broke, couldn't scream, he's out unconscious. Pulled him out. And I stood there and I thought, "Now, what about it?"
See, you get sometimes in a tight place; be sure you make the right decision. Put God in everything that you do. Make your decisions.


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