Sunday, January 2, 2011

Justice Department

So this homeless man comes into the store. We've stopped allowing him in, because he always tries to steal. As he approaches I tell him, "Butler you know better! Leave!" "I'll commit suicide right in front of your store!!" he responds. So I tell him "go ahead I'll call the cops to come clean you up." He tries to fall down, and act like he's knocked out. I call the cops, they come, and they arrest him. As the officer is taking my report another one comes in, and informs the other that Butler has $600k+ in felony warrants. My beef...these cops all know him by name, and deal with him on a daily basis. To have that many felony warrants, he's obviously doing some very bad things. Why is someone like him not in prison? What happened to "three strikes?" The same law that I was threatened with, when I got arrested for a liquor run years ago. The same petty theft that got my best friend and I both felonies, and sent us to jail for three months. The same thing that keeps me from having fun, and doing things all out of fear of going back to jail. How is it that we make one mistake, and our lives are essentially ruined? When people like this all over the country are having fun, and living a great life. "innocent until proven guilty" yeah right! More like "guilty until you can afford the right attorney or you've done so many bad things that they don't care anymore." We live in a country where murderers and rapist are paroled on good behavior. Where pedophiles are simply required to register their address. Where drug dealers are allowed to have kids and live on welfare, because they are not legally employed. Where is the justice?

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