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To Protect and Serve

So tonight I visited the local county fair of which the main event was a destruction derby. Nothing is better than watching high-power cars smash into each other in a mess of carnage and destruction. It is ALWAYS a good time, no matter how down you may be feeling.

Naturally at such events, beer is a neccesity. We all drink it, we all get rather sloshed, and enjoy the event even more. Unfortunately at this particular fair, you were required to take a pilgrammage to receive your reward. The Beer was clear on the other side of the stadium.

So, me being the alcoholic I am, left my buddy to go in search of alcoholic beverages. At this point it was not a want, it was a need.

I was having some trouble locating the beer tent, and figured the best person to ask would be the local law enforcement walking around the place. After all, their job is to PROTECT and SERVE, right?

I was wrong. In asking this nice-looking young-man where the beer tent was I was slightly harassed. Rather than pointing me in the correct direction, and allowing the employees at the tent to do their job, he first asked to see my ID. The conversation went something like this:

Me: Excuse me, could you point me in the direction of the beer tent?

Power-Trip Man (PTM): Uhh… Do you have your ID on you?

Me: Do I need an ID for directions?

PTM: No, but I’m not going to tell someone underage where the beer tent is.

Me: What happened to the serve part of your job? What if I was meeting a buddy over there? Or my parent? Or maybe I lost something over there? There is more things I may be doing than looking for alcohol underage.

PTM: Calm down sir. Do you have your ID on you?

Me: Yes, I do. (Pulled out my ID).

PTM: Very well, it’s over there. (points).

Me: Now that wasn’t that hard was it?

Now keep in mind, I never raised my voice, I never made wild gestures. I was questionative, and polite throughout my entire interaction. You may be skepticle, but ask anyone who knows me, and they will agree I am not an agressive person.

This is a perfect example of the attitudes our law enforcement and government have come to gain. In general law enforcement forgets that they are serving the people they are also protecting. Harassment is not part of their duty. There is no reason they should be automatically expecting I am breaking a law, before they have any evidence of it.

Police do not have the ability to prevent people from breaking the law. It is not their job. Their job is to take action against those who have, and to keep the peace. That is it. Probable cause, and prevention against law breakers is absolutely against the fourth and fifth amendment.

We have become a police state, in which our law-enforcement has gained the ability to do what they want, when they want, regardless of our rights protected by the constitution.

It is high-time we reclaim our rights that we have always had, and the constitution reinforced. There is no reason our law-enforcement should have this much power and influence. We are only allowing ourselves to more closely resemble the picture painted by George Orwell in 1984. The more and more we do not allow checks to our law enforcement, the less free, and the more enslaved we as people will become. Let us stop this tyranny before it starts. Quit giving away your god-given rights.