"FREEZE SCUMBAG! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST! Now, before I read your Miranda Rights, let me call my Captain and attorney to make sure I did this according to protocol!" One of America's toughest jobs is getting tougher every single day. All the stereotypes of cops spending half of their shifts at Dunkin Donuts is quickly becoming reality... sad, isn't it? It's not very often that I take sides with a policeman, but in this case, I am because being a cop has turned out to be a career that no one in particular wants anymore. Remember the good old days when you would see a cop in your rearview mirror with his lightbar flashing blue and red? It always got me worked up into a frenzy for no reason at all. I'd be on pins and needles for the two minutes he stepped back into his car to run my plates and license through. I had no reason to be nervous but I was. Maybe it was because this guy was an "Authority Figure"? Who knows? I'd get a warning or a speeding ticket and be on my way taking it easy the rest of the trip to where I was headed and that was the end of it. In 2008, the standard practice of stopping someone on the street for whatever reason has turned into a game of cat and mouse. It only gets worse. Now, I'll bet you didn't know that such big cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are hiding a conspiracy. While statistics show such places at the top of the list for criminal activity, a few minutes spent inside these places paint a differen't picture. The police they say, are targeting the innocent and stirring up the pot of an otherwise peaceful community. You know what I'm talking about. Police get called to a robbery in progress and the alleged criminal runs out the door firing a handgun towards the officers. They shoot him. Next thing you know, the whole neighborhood is seen on tv defending the criminal and even suggesting he either had no weapon or it was a squirt gun or my favorite being, the cops planted it on the guy. The result? Cops doing their job and at the same time getting susprnded while the controversey gets bigger and bigger. Before you know it, a Jesse Jackson and an Al Sharpton are coming to town to get the heads of these nasty cops! This happens every day and has turned "The Law" into a joke. These men and women are expected to show up at work and not do their job because they're afraid of losing their job, getting hit with a lawsuit, or getting killed themselves! Maybe they should do away with the police and make drugs and guns legal. It would be a lot better than it is now. It's like a second grade teacher sending the troublsome kid to "timeout" for ten minutes. Yes, there's a good chance that ten minutes after that the kid will do the same thing again. However, prison has made "timeout" easier for lawbreakers. While you're in "the Joint", you now have access to all kinds of legal information and can now learn the "ins and outs" of the law amd how to beat the system. Everything from a loud car stereo to a homicide has so many loopholes that it can make a cop crazy and give up. The cops are afraid and it's not their fault. It's sad but true, in this day and age the crooks have outsmarted the cops. Maybe it's time we all go back to school ...with an AK-47 in hand of course.
June 25, 2008
"To Serve and Protect" ...If it's OK with you
"FREEZE SCUMBAG! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST! Now, before I read your Miranda Rights, let me call my Captain and attorney to make sure I did this according to protocol!" One of America's toughest jobs is getting tougher every single day. All the stereotypes of cops spending half of their shifts at Dunkin Donuts is quickly becoming reality... sad, isn't it? It's not very often that I take sides with a policeman, but in this case, I am because being a cop has turned out to be a career that no one in particular wants anymore. Remember the good old days when you would see a cop in your rearview mirror with his lightbar flashing blue and red? It always got me worked up into a frenzy for no reason at all. I'd be on pins and needles for the two minutes he stepped back into his car to run my plates and license through. I had no reason to be nervous but I was. Maybe it was because this guy was an "Authority Figure"? Who knows? I'd get a warning or a speeding ticket and be on my way taking it easy the rest of the trip to where I was headed and that was the end of it. In 2008, the standard practice of stopping someone on the street for whatever reason has turned into a game of cat and mouse. It only gets worse. Now, I'll bet you didn't know that such big cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are hiding a conspiracy. While statistics show such places at the top of the list for criminal activity, a few minutes spent inside these places paint a differen't picture. The police they say, are targeting the innocent and stirring up the pot of an otherwise peaceful community. You know what I'm talking about. Police get called to a robbery in progress and the alleged criminal runs out the door firing a handgun towards the officers. They shoot him. Next thing you know, the whole neighborhood is seen on tv defending the criminal and even suggesting he either had no weapon or it was a squirt gun or my favorite being, the cops planted it on the guy. The result? Cops doing their job and at the same time getting susprnded while the controversey gets bigger and bigger. Before you know it, a Jesse Jackson and an Al Sharpton are coming to town to get the heads of these nasty cops! This happens every day and has turned "The Law" into a joke. These men and women are expected to show up at work and not do their job because they're afraid of losing their job, getting hit with a lawsuit, or getting killed themselves! Maybe they should do away with the police and make drugs and guns legal. It would be a lot better than it is now. It's like a second grade teacher sending the troublsome kid to "timeout" for ten minutes. Yes, there's a good chance that ten minutes after that the kid will do the same thing again. However, prison has made "timeout" easier for lawbreakers. While you're in "the Joint", you now have access to all kinds of legal information and can now learn the "ins and outs" of the law amd how to beat the system. Everything from a loud car stereo to a homicide has so many loopholes that it can make a cop crazy and give up. The cops are afraid and it's not their fault. It's sad but true, in this day and age the crooks have outsmarted the cops. Maybe it's time we all go back to school ...with an AK-47 in hand of course.
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