The punk slapped the old veteran so hard his hearing aid flew across the parking lot, not knowing 47 bikers were watching from inside.
I was getting gas at the Stop-N-Go on Highway 49 when I heard the slap. That distinctive sound of palm meeting face, followed by the clatter of something plastic hitting pavement.
When I turned around, I saw Harold Wiseman—81 years old, Korean War vet, Purple Heart recipient—on his knees in the parking lot, blood running from his nose.
The kid standing over him couldn’t have been more than 25. Backwards cap, face tattoos, pants hanging below his ass, filming everything on his phone while his two buddies laughed.
“Should’ve minded your business, old man,” the punk said, zooming in on Harold’s face. “This gonna get mad views. ‘Old head gets dropped for talking shit.’ You’re about to be famous, grandpa.”
What the punk didn’t know was that Harold hadn’t …
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