THE MOST HATED MAN IN TOWN

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THE MOST HATED MAN IN TOWN... 500 words

As a young child, he was beaten, humiliated and grew up feeling unloved and degraded. His one wish was that when he grew up, he would have many people who loved him.

The irony of life.

I had been living in Aspen, Colorado, for about six months and writing feature stories for the local newspaper. My assignment was to find interesting locals to write about.

One day while riding down Main Street, I saw a police officer directing traffic and wondered what it would be like to be a part of a famous ski resort’s police force. I ran the idea past my editor, he waved me onward. I arranged to do a ride a long and found myself in a squad car a few days later.

I asked him about his life before Aspen and he told me about his past law enforcement experience. He then talked about his childhood and I heard a change of tone in his voice. His facial expression became sad as well. I sensed there was something else he wanted to tell me but I took him slowly down the interview path to gain his trust.

That interview began a friendship with him and...

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