HOW DID WE GET HERE?

For someone my age, I can't understand how

we got to where we are with the handling those

who don't take responsibility for their actions.

The media and people jump past the start of a

problem and hit hard.. real hard on the outcome

of a situation. Forgetting the start.

 And the police are coming up on

the short end of the stick.  Along with society.

Take the Ferguson situation.  The police officer

lost his job. It effected his family and their income.

I don't know if he moved out of the town or the

state.  I don't understand how this happen. 

We know now, that the young man with his pal

stole from a store just minutes before. He was

stopped by the police officer.  The police

officer asked him to stop, so he could talk to

him.  The rest is murky... but what it amounts

to is.. the young man came at the police officer,

not in a friendly manner. In fact to such a menacing

manner that the officer pulled out his gun.. Once

again the rest is murky, as there are two stories,

but the evident leans in favor of the officer. But

because it was turn into a racy situation with riots,

the whole story boils down to what the officer did

which was shot the young man.  Nothing about

how the officer got in that position in the first

place. And his whole life with his family is washed

down the toilet.

There are many other stories, that have come to light

since thing for other people, mostly blacks that have

been shot, but nothing about how or what the officer

was put in to that situation. All of them was the person

ran, or attacked, rather than do just what the officer asked.

Then we have the young lady situation with the police

officer in the school.  The young lady was in position

to stop the situation 3 times.. 3 times!!.. She ignored the

teacher who requested she put her phone away while in

class. The situation got worse, so the security officer was

called in.. again the young lady refused and blew off the

person of authority.  So the police were called in. The

officer requested the young lady to put the phone away.

When she refused, he went to take the phone away. She

slugged him, and then what you saw on television proceeded.

The officer lost his job.  Nothing happen to the young lady.

Nothing.

Shortly after, on the social media was a video, of a

student who was punching, throwing a teacher on the

floor and continued to slug him while the teacher tried

to escape and nothing happen. And no other student tried

to help him.  And you wonder why teachers no longer

want to teach.  Between being beaten, and being shot

at, who wants to teach anymore.

Then there is the 15 year old, who was drunk, driving

his truck, with drugs in his system.. who left a party

at his own house, with friends.. to get more beer. He

ran over 4 pedestrians  and hit a truck.. Killing the 4

and the driver of the truck. What happen to him?

Nothing... the judge (surely she had to be paid off by

the wealthy parents)  said because the young man had

not be made responsible all his life, that he doesn't

understand  what he did wrong.  WHAT THE HELL?

NOTHING.. no jail time, no fine, nothing...

HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?  WHERE

OR WHAT HAPPEN?  WHERE DID WE LOSE

CONTROL?  Why is it, no one is held accountable

to their actions?

I am so glad to be living where I am.  And I feel

ashamed to admit, that I want to be like the bird

who hides his head in the sand. I can't do anything

to correct this and no one else seems to want to

either.