Police Cause More Crime Than They Prevent

One of my friends that was arrested also had very demanding parents. He wasn't allowed to swear, watch what he wanted, and he was grounded for a month when they caught him looking at porn. He also had to go to church every Wednesday and Sunday. The Sunday church session also took about 12 hours of his time. He eventually turned to (I'm not kidding at all) excessively lying, stealing, swearing, drinking, smoking, cheating (in school and on his many girlfriends who he abused), and really overused everyone's kindness that was once close to him.

The girl that I knew was kicked out of her house for drinking at a party. That was it and her parents kicked her out for a good amount of time. They threatened to sell her car, which she bought, and wouldn't even speak with her after they found out what happened.

All of these could have been prevented if our society was not ok with police. Many people emulate police because they think it's ok and part of our society. Police have power and are just as guilty as those they arrest and hurt. Who should police the police if they cause so much damage to society?

Cops also create a more passive society, they create dehumanization, and we say it's ok. They see any sign of free thought or critical thinking and they automatically try to squash it. That's how we've been programmed into not being an active society that challenges authority and power and helps others. The cops, teachers, and parents (some parents) all train us into doing what we're told and to do it instinctively. Any acting out of what we want to do is automatically slapped with the spiky, bloody fist of the law.

I was at the airport once and my mother and I walked pass the line we were supposed to. It was about 10 feet past, but the big scary black security guard wouldn't let us go back so we had to rush through security again and we barely made our flight home. It didn't make any since. When we got back to Ft. Lauderdale it seemed so Fascist when we stood in line for hours with other Americans and there was a big sign on the wall that said Homeland Security is protecting you with President Bush's picture by it. It seemed like something Saddam or Hitler would have done.

I will however criticize my own views. Police officers do some good, like protecting people from murders and real crimes with real victims, but for every little piece of good they do for a society they create much more bad which only encourages the system that feeds on the middle and lower class of Americans and their misfortunes. Police are somewhat needed to protect the masses from real crimes, but the real crimes could be prevented by making the community the priority, and providing everything that people need. With a severely reduced level of individualism in our society we won't need police because people won't see the point in committing any crime that could hurt others and we'd all learn to respect others differences so many victimless crimes would be gone. We're all human, equal, and when people start to realize that they'll stop looking at the differences and start to see how similar all people really are.

We also need to remember to hate the job/position of power, not the human beings in these positions. Like with the president, it's not the man in the chair it's the chair itself. They deserve our respect, understanding, empathy, and love. Although they are guilty as sin, it is important not to act the same thing I'm criticizing. Most cops are almost Paramedics so they will definitely be useful in a peaceful and cooperative community of the future. And most of them, even the corrupt and violent ones (which is most of them good ol' boys) still believe in a sense of decency and honor and doing the right thing (of course they don't practice it, but they still think it's a good idea and are sensible enough to engage in dialogue about important issues.