The very next day, her father and about fifteen other blacks sat down in the front section of a bus, where only whites were permitted. When the driver demanded they move to the back, Audrey's father politely refused, saying, "We [are] comfortable where we are sitting." As a result, Mr. Hendricks was arrested and spent six nights in jail. When he was released, he volunteered to guard the Shuttlesworths’ home. —We’ve Got a Job, Cynthia Levinson Why was Mr. Hendricks arrested? He sat in the front section of a bus. He guarded Rev. Shuttleworth’s home. He did not pay the fare. He argued with a bus driver.