Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Anthony doesn't like it when Peter sticks a "voodoo ass" thing to the dashboard of their car. But this "voodoo ass" thing isn't a small statue of Miss Cleo—it's a small statue of Saint Christopher.

Saint Christopher isn't an official saint, but he's still a popular one, listed as the patron of bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms, epilepsy, gardeners, holy death, and toothache. 

The most important of those things is transportation. Catholics for centuries have looked to Saint Christopher to watch over them while they're on the road. Both Hanson and Peter seem to know what Saint Christopher is all about; both of them are using him for protection.

Unfortunately, it's that Saint Christopher trinket that gets Peter killed. He pulls it out, and Hanson things he's going for a gun, so he shoots Peter dead. Maybe if Christopher were a real saint, he would have protected Peter?

Anyway, what this tells us is two things. First, that the white guy is way more protected than the Black guy. Second, that there's no real protection anywhere on these mean streets, for anyone.

There's a cheery idea.