Sandy Austin

Joined January 2020

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Sisters as friends
It was about 41 years ago. I was wor in vice unit as a young police officer in Washington DC. As I entered the stat the station clerk yelled at me to please call my sister Chrystal and she then gave me a piece of paper with a number on it.
By Sandy Austin5 years ago in Families
I emptied the coffee cans
It’s 1972 and I had just turned 16. wow, 16 would be a great turning point in my life. However it did nor turn out that way.
By Sandy Austin6 years ago in Beat
Black is beautiful
Our son Kirin decided that he wanted a dog. My wife Carol, his other mother, decided that he needed two white gerbils and a black cat. Galileo, aka, Gally was found at a shelter in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
By Sandy Austin6 years ago in Petlife
The more we know
Its 1989-1990 and the DC Police Department are having a hiring drive where they literally grabbed people from the bus stop. And this would later b e the beginning of a group of young black officers known as the dirty dozen. These officers were responsible for helping drug dealers.
By Sandy Austin6 years ago in The Swamp
Gone again
Carlita’s, my niec, birthday isn’t on February 7th. She wanted to go back to Las Vegas. We had planned to go. Stayce, my other niece and Carlita’s sister contacted the condo where she had a timeshare, and could not get the 7 th, but got the 9th thru the 13th. They are both daughters of Cherry.
By Sandy Austin6 years ago in Families