We must first
acknowledge there is a problem with police in America before we can bring about
a solution to the issues involving citizen’s interactions with members of the
law enforcement community. I do not write this article to accuse. We must work together as a community to make
our interaction with members of law enforcement a safe and positive experience. The rash of police abuses is not new, it’s
just that with the emergence of new technologies a light has been cast on this
issue. We can no longer ignore the
abuses that people in a position of power inflict on the guilty and innocent
alike. A person in a position of power
has an obligation to be more morally centered and professional than the average
person. They are paid to protect and
serve but they treat the American populace like an invading army would treat
the population of those they are invading.
I have no doubt that the use of force sometimes becomes necessary in the
course of performing the duties of law enforcement but these individuals have a
responsibility to use force only when it is absolutely warranted, but we hear and see story
after story of force being used as a first response instead of a last
resort. We as a society cannot continue
to accept this.
We cannot lie to ourselves and claim that we are civilized
when such atrocities can occur without punishment in a country that calls itself
the land of the free. But freedom does
not come without a price and if we want it we must be willing to pay that price
in order to preserve the liberty that the founding fathers risked everything to
attain. We have sold our values and our
freedom for the promise of security, but it is a false security and untold
numbers of citizens are starting to realize this. We have become the enemy.
We must understand the long term effects this will have on
our country, no nation falls into a dystopia overnight, it is a process, a
process that is done with the consent of the citizenry. By the time the population realizes what has
happened they no longer can consent to anything or disagree with anything, they
have become slaves. Slaves in a system
of our own making. Ruled over by a group of elites that we trusted to protect
us.
So many speak of revolution, but revolution is a bloody and
awful business. A true revolution can be
accomplished with no blood shed. There
is nothing more frightening to a dictatorship than citizens who reject their
authority. Gandhi had the right
idea. Peaceful resistance is a very
powerful method of revolution. Untold
numbers were awakened to the truth of the British monarchy because of the
peaceful actions of the Indians. I do
not think that a better solution could have been attained through violence, it
is hard to demonize an enemy that refuses to fight. That is what we must do if we truly want to
reclaim the country and the values that have been lost. aybe these values never
existed in the first place, maybe it is a dream we hope to one day attain. Whatever the reason for revolution, a
revolution must occur in this country but it cannot be a revolution of
bloodshed, it must be a revolution of peace, a revolution of the power of
morality over the corruption of authority.
