I didn't actually know what I was going to be writing for the topic today, however when I talked to a police officer recently, after seeing a photo of an older car that they still used. I recently found out something that stunned me. They were being lied to when they were getting taught. And the more that I thought about it, it was the best way that law enforcement could actually get the money to get what they needed, even if the information was a lie.
You see, they're taught that the more police that are out there, the lower the crime rates will be, even though clearly the opposite has been seen. It's just like when it comes to guns (and yeah I was going to stay away from this topic since there's clearly no answer that either side will accept at all), the thought is that more guns out there will help stop gun violence, when in truth that is a lie. You see, with more police out there, the truth is that the crime rate has gone up, and the kicker is, it's all a money game for those that want to make sure that guns and police are out there. Now I don't know if they'll ever go hand in hand, but I do know that when it comes right down to it, for every time something has happened, and the police have gained more money towards adding people to their forces, and a major shooting has happened, someone has always benefited. Personally I have no idea who is the one that benefited the most on this, but I do know that when it comes right down to it, that clearly saying that more police and more guns will prevent the opposite from happen.
Just take a good hard look at everything that's happened over the years, it used to be that you never saw a police car around at all, they were just off waiting in the wings in case something happened, however these days, you can't take two steps with out a police car passing you by, hell I see them all the time around work (of course it doesn't help that there's a casino near by, and three liquor near by as well), but more police presence has turned us into something that we've never liked, and yet we accept it with out any kind of problem at all, yeah we've been turned into a police state and a willing one at that. Plus when the police do something stupid (like three officers shooting two magazine clips into a guy with a cell phone and no gun and it getting called a righteous kill, which actually happened in Fresno, saw that on the news down there), and get taken to court over something, the judge always sides with the police letting them get off scott free with no problems at all. For every single time that a police agency has gone to court over something, the police toss the individual under the bus while the agency never gets to suffer for it, and in the end no changes ever come from this at all. Personally I know that something needs to change, but even I don't know if or what ever will.
I know that right now I'm just shooting into the air, but something has to land some where, I just hope no one gets into the cross hairs of this, but I know for a fact that someone will, there's never any stopping that at all. And one of the major problems here is, this country no only has the highest crime rate in the world, but the majority of those are done with a gun, doesn't matter if it happens to be a mass killing or what ever, we've done this to ourselves, and I'm right now wondering if there's ever going to be a tipping point that was not GOP caused, or party caused period.
After all, we are heading towards that second civil war, but it won't be because of the President not taking our guns away, it's because of everyone getting fed up with how our police state won't let us do anything any more. That's where the problem is coming, that and the fact that certain nut cases are getting access to places that they shouldn't be, and no I'm not talking about the mental health ones, I'm talking about the religious zealots that are trying to take over our country right now, and causing the most problems right then and there.
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Felix Sanchez
Sign Dancer, Linen Outlet Pleasant Hill, CA
Alhambra High School
Class of '97
Twitter: @thecat2643
