“I’m an artist and I have disheveled clothes and
stuff. I’m confident in who I am and my style…”
Strange days, these, and especially in
Huntington Beach, California. Surf City, USA was once known as a
place to watch surf contests and occasionally riot. Those times now
long in the rearview. Currently, Huntington is a MAGA hotspot with
libraries being renamed after the political movement, rainbow flags
banned and neighbors on the lookout for homeless men involved in
child trafficking rings.
Enter Chapman Hamborg. The 33-year-old Huntington Beach artist,
according to People
Magazine, “is often found painting and sculpting in
his backyard studio or surfing the waves near his home. His
favorite pastime, however, is spending quality time with the
family.”
Thus, two-ish weeks ago found him outdoors, walking his newborn
baby. “She’s in her fussy newborn stage so I take her on lots of
walks and I wear her in the baby carrier,” the platinum blonde told
the human interest publication. “I go out often in the middle of
the night, like all times of the day and multiple times a day. It’s
kind of like a routine to give my wife some rest.”
Well, this particular day, a police officer met him out front
when he came home and demanded to see some identification. A
neighbor had reported a homeless man walking around with a baby,
you see, and thus Johnny Law.
“I’m an artist and I have disheveled clothes and stuff. I’m
confident in who I am and my style and, you know, I’ve never been
to a barber. I cut my own hair,” he shared. “I have no problem with
it. Like I choose to dress the way I do for a reason and I’m not
going to change the way I look because of it.”
He was also wearing Patagonia the morning of the incident.
The officer, anyhow, accepted the explanation, once seeing the
ID, and left with a lightly bemused chuckle.
The cop caller, though?
“So I’ve kind of seen her car… I recognize the car, so I can
figure out which house it is. And I’ve gone on several walks back
and forth since then, kind of hoping to see her and just be like,
‘Hey, I’m your neighbor and I’m not homeless,’ ” Hamborg explained.
“Not to be mad or guilt trip or anything. Because like my wife even
said, ‘Hey, at least we know our neighbors are looking out for our
kids.’”
A fine attitude.
Watch here.
