Criminals
What defines a criminal? Is it their skin color? The way they act? Or is it just the fact they got CAUGHT by the police. A criminal is someone who breaks the law right? That makes us all criminals. There are standards put out by the society that determine what is right and what is wrong. What if over the years our perception on that has changed and we have become a bit more relaxed with the minor infractions?
You see workers day in and day out without noticing them because you are in your own world. You see criminals day in and day out but you don't notice. You are stuck to your phone or too busy in your own life to realize the person next to you has committed a crime and you will never know.
Criminal is such an arbitrary term. Society lays that label on someone that they catch even if they don't deserve it. They label them because they think it is the “Right” thing to do. They say they have a reason for labeling someone as a criminal because we have a “System” that classifies them as that. Does this mean our teenagers are criminals because they do drugs? They haven't been caught by the police so they don't have that label yet.
What does that make the rest of us, that have minor infractions that the police don't want to spend time on, lucky? I guess we are just lucky we got away with taking $5 from someone or, taking something that belonged to them. I guess society is lucky to get away with minor infractions.
The law has gotten more relaxed allowing minor crimes to rise because they don't do anything to stop it. They only stop the ones that affect more than one person. They only do things that get to them. 90% of street crimes never make it to the police. That means the minor stuff like a kid stole money from you or stole your purse. They need to step up their game.
Does this define a criminal? We are all criminals in that case. Now do the cops have to arrest us all? They won't because they believe it is a waste of time. You need to stand up for your city and the people in it. It is impossible for us to make this world a better place if no one is willing to help start it. Just because someone's record says they went to jail be sure to see the good in them next time before immediately labeling them as a criminal. They could be trying to change the same way you are.
You see workers day in and day out without noticing them because you are in your own world. You see criminals day in and day out but you don't notice. You are stuck to your phone or too busy in your own life to realize the person next to you has committed a crime and you will never know.
Criminal is such an arbitrary term. Society lays that label on someone that they catch even if they don't deserve it. They label them because they think it is the “Right” thing to do. They say they have a reason for labeling someone as a criminal because we have a “System” that classifies them as that. Does this mean our teenagers are criminals because they do drugs? They haven't been caught by the police so they don't have that label yet.
What does that make the rest of us, that have minor infractions that the police don't want to spend time on, lucky? I guess we are just lucky we got away with taking $5 from someone or, taking something that belonged to them. I guess society is lucky to get away with minor infractions.
The law has gotten more relaxed allowing minor crimes to rise because they don't do anything to stop it. They only stop the ones that affect more than one person. They only do things that get to them. 90% of street crimes never make it to the police. That means the minor stuff like a kid stole money from you or stole your purse. They need to step up their game.
Does this define a criminal? We are all criminals in that case. Now do the cops have to arrest us all? They won't because they believe it is a waste of time. You need to stand up for your city and the people in it. It is impossible for us to make this world a better place if no one is willing to help start it. Just because someone's record says they went to jail be sure to see the good in them next time before immediately labeling them as a criminal. They could be trying to change the same way you are.
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