A True Story

Papa is my maternal grandfather the police officer is my father and the mother is my mother and Papa's daughter.
               
                                               Calling Car 24

 Labor unions were strong and powerful in the year of  1944; they made
    all the labor calls.
The Union of a Mattress Factory was forcing an all-out strike, but Papa stalled.

The Union persuaded the majority of the workers to go alone with the strike.
Papa was against the Union's demands and continued working through
    the night.

As he finished the night shift, and was walking down the street to catch
    a bus for home,
A car of union workers forced him into the car, they were
    drunk and stoned.

The men were in a state of delirium and they suspected Papa of being
    a mole.
My father drove MPD squad car 24, the incident happened
    in  his jurisdiction and zip code.

The dispatcher comes on the car radio, "Calling car 24", Calling car 24" 
    they said in a  rumbling roar.
He continues, "A body thrown from a car on Highway 51, Code Four."

My father had no idea it was his father-in-law that had taken the beating.
He and his partner didn't think Papa would survive the excessive bleeding.

They took him straight home and my mother doctored him and he recovered
     without a scar.
He did not press any criminal charges even though he knew everyone in the
    car.