The Empty Place in Willow Creek Park
The police did not stop the bikers because they were not causing trouble.
They were not shouting. They were not blocking traffic. They were not carrying signs.
They were lying quietly in the grass at Willow Creek Park in Fort Collins, Colorado, under the bright noon sun, shoulder to shoulder in one long line.
At the center of that line, one space had been left open.
That space belonged to Elias Mercer, the former president of the Iron Harbor Riders.
He had passed away the night before.
But his brothers were still waiting for him.
