The relationship between people and their government is at a serious low point. The people have little or nothing to do with their governments. There are many reasons for people not participating in and being part of the process. I contend that all the negative attention to criminal behavior, and corruption by politicians and government employees poisons people with a negative attitude towards politicians and government employees.
Therefore, a lot of what people believe about law enforcement officers has to do with what they hear and see in the over all media. However, the rest of the story of people’s perception about law enforcement officers comes from personal interaction with law enforcement officers. When I review videos on Youtube of law enforcement officers abusing members of the community, I see troublesome behaviors by police across the country that I observe in El Paso Police Officers.
Now, whether they want it or not, law enforcement officers hold a prominent position in society. Most people gauge their safety and security by the integrity of law enforcement officers. When people believe law enforcement officers are working on crime and respecting members of society, people have a relative assurance of safety and security.
This trust in law enforcement officers and other government employees contributes to people participating in civic affairs and being part of the process that chooses good leaders and makes public policy. Again, I will state that the problem is the people who have found excuses not to take care of their community. With their negligence they have created the social atmosphere where law enforcement officers do not respect the Human Rights and/or the Constitutional rights of the members of the community.
Let it be understood politicians and government employees enjoy the fact that a lot of people will not be bothered to take care of society and put it in order. All people have to do is register to vote, vote, and keep their government in line. However, all many people have to offer society is their ridicule and petty criticism.
We have met the enemy and the enemy is those of us who are petty, childish, immature, and do not participate in choosing good leaders and who do not participate in keeping society healthy. I talk to people about my hard earned wisdom. Since 2003 I have been writing articles on mental health and societal health. Therefore, I am not a person who only has ridicule and vile criticism to offer.
People disagree with me, not because I am wrong, but because the media has conditioned them to the negative perspective. They think they are right. However, all they are doing is regurgitating what people like Whopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, and Bill Maher have imprinted in their minds.
Society needs better. Everything that is wrong in society is a reflection of what is wrong with us. It is correct that there are special interest groups manipulating corrupt individuals in government. However, with our negligence, we allow this corruption to happen.
If people in Baltimore had been involved in doing everything right in their society, I would have no problem with their protest and demonstrations. However, it makes no sense to fail at taking care of our society and then complain when we look up and all we see smoke and rubble.
I personally believe that it is a serious problem to measure life according to what we have been told. To many people are waiting for an Obama solution, a Hillary solution, a city council solution, a public education solution, a police solution, or any other government solution.
It is time for us to be the solution. We have the ability to build with our creativity and ingenuity. We have to look deep inside ourselves and find or good and decent person. We have to believe in our ability to think, organize, plan, and act. We need to believe in ourselves.
If all we can do is look at the evil people and convince ourselves because there is evil in the world there is no reason to try, then we will always be at their mercy. I think this is the first generation that believes that it is hopeless.
It is hopeless when we stop trying. No one can offer a legit reason why a person under police custody died in the manner the young man from Baltimore lost his life. We are not their fools. We are not going to believe anything they say just because they said it.
However, our best is not death and destruction. We owe them nothing. We owe our selves and children of the future everything.