Would it surprise you if I told you that many people have asked me to offer a comment about law enforcement and law breakers as it relates to the increased incidents of police brutality in the media over the past few years? Well, probably not…
Yes it’s true that many have asked me but I have always continued to mark myself as being one that is NOT big on criticizing, complaining or condemning others, so I have continued to pass on offering my comments. But, after recently thinking it through, I now believe that a short comment might actually do a little good on both sides of the proverbial fence of this issue.
As an ex-law-enforcement peace officer, I can honestly admit that I’ve managed to witness my fair share of incidents where emotions were high and adrenaline was playing its significant role in fight or flight. Situations like this are always volatile and can produce intense physical actions that may oftentimes be explained away under a “fog or war” type of explanation. However, in the case where actions are punitive and flagrantly abusive in an attempt to cause physical harm to an otherwise submissive individual, these actions are appalling and unacceptable on any level.
A lawless criminal has the luxury of having no conscious to be his/her guide but law enforcement officers do, or “should”. As with any organization this side of the universe, there will always be a few “bad apples” in the bunch. This is because our law enforcement agencies continue to hire their employees from the human race. So as such, there will always be those who can’t perform well under pressure or have “bully tendencies” and “Napoleon complexes” and may find a sort of sadistic satisfaction and joy in exacting harm on others.
The challenge going forward is to single these “bad apples” out and just like cancer, they’ll have to be radiated for rehabilitation or cut out and tossed into the pokey with the law breakers they were sworn to protect us against. In fact, some of these “bad apples” may not have been apples at all. They were pears disguised as apples looking to cause harm under the color or an apples authority.
Well, the days of the “Orchard” covering for these “bad apples & pears” should be over and we should usher in a new era where judge, jury and executioner are exclusively left to the courts.
Now obviously every case and incident is not the same and should be judged on its own merit, but both sides have to concede that drastic change needed and has to be made.
I can’t pretend to have the answer to this conundrum but something tells me that the solution is rooted in “mutual respect”, “self-control” and “uncompromising accountability”. Divorcing ourselves from the “Us against Them” mindset can’t hurt either.
The days of the diffusion of responsibility amongst lawful comrades has to be eradicated and eliminated in favor of justice and fairness absent of the urge to be flagrantly abusive and abrasive.
So, I encourage us all to raise our right hands and commit to do our part to making a positive start and lead with our hearts so we don’t get splintered apart. Let’s lead with love and Make this “good” life “GREAT”!!!
GREAT DAY!!!
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