Mike Boynton compares police sirens to birds chirping in New York City.
He heard them all the time, so having not done anything wrong, there was no real reason to get into a fuss about them. But that changed a bit when Boynton was 12 years old.
It was the summer with the young Boynton wearing shorts and a t-shirt riding his bike through Brooklyn. He heard a police siren a ways behind him that started growing louder. Boynton looked around to see what might be the cause for the situation.
The police car hopped the curb behind him, and Boynton said the officer slammed on the brakes narrowly before hitting his bike.