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police, in fact i empathize with those officers who really are in our communities to serve and protect. A few bad officers have created
a huge distrust between police officers and the communities that they serve. At the same time I don’t want people in our communities
who are there to hurt and destroy those of us who are working, going to school, taking care of families, going to church and striving to
be our best. Criminals should not be allowed to create a fearful enviornment for the rest of us. We have got to find a balance. We have
got to follow the written laws the way in which they were intended. This country was founded on the concept of freedom for all, well
none of us are free if we’re brutalized by our law enforcement officers, however we’ve got to go back to the realization that our society
must have rules and we must be allowed to teach our children that there are rules in life. When you don’t obey the rules there will be
consequences. The consequences in these cases are way out of line- death for jay walking, selling individual cigarettes or reaching for
a wallet after being asked to do so by a law enforcement officer. Society needs a change.
America Is Talking
Clearly police brutality...she is bald up protecting her face and he
appears to be striking...ray Charles can see that he is in the wrong.
Shane Martell
We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the people
of the world towards one another. It is clear, however, that color and race
are at the top of our concerns. It can be noted that a person could lose
everything they own in the world except one - freedom they own it and that
is one’s attitude. When faced with race issues one would need to reflect on
their personal beliefs and not that of the world. I find, being an educator,
that we are faced with a perceived set of rules to follow when dealing with
people. The bottom line brings us back to a person’s personal attitude and
not that if the world.
Marilyn Norris
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