Unlike Audrey, Wash didn't know that black kids were about to offer themselves up for arrest. He passed that spring doing what he'd done for the past six or seven years - hanging out in the woods with friends. He wasn't even going to school very often, much less to mass meetings. When he found out about the marches, he thought the students were crazy. "It was hard to come to grips with," he said. "We knew [the police] to be torturers, murderers . . . , and the idea of voluntarily submitting yourself to be taken away with them was just to us - we couldn't . . . "

—We’ve Got a Job,
Cynthia Levinson

What does this passage explain that helps readers connect with Wash’s story?

Wash knew the police did not treat black people fairly, especially if they broke the law.
Wash wanted to spend his free time with his friends in the woods, like always.
Wash had to study to finish school, and marching was going to take away time.
Wash did not want to cause any trouble for his mother by breaking the law.