Judge and Jury..

Recently I was walking to work on a sunny day with a rare blue sky overhead. Sticking to my usual morning routine I walked to a local Element Fresh restaurant for a fresh Orange juice to chug down while waiting for my latte. As I left the restaurant I noticed some commotion along the road with what looked like a minor traffic accident. Getting closer to the scene I could see there was about 15 or so people huddled around a man sitting on the ground in front of a small car. After about 10 minutes of being a local style looky loo, I used my minimal knowledge of Mandarin to figure out what the deal was. Basically a car struck a man while riding his bicycle. The police on the scene were talking to the people around asking questions about what happened. Almost at no point did I see the police talking directly to the injured man or the driver. It was as if the police main job was to make a decision solely on what the crowd said. I confirmed this later with a good friend who has lived here for quite sometime. Saying "Yeah Dude that's how it seems to work sometimes. The cops come. They look around and begin talking to those who saw what happened and somehow a decision is made on whose fault it was." So what I took away from this is......watch where I'm going and don't get hit by any cars.