A homeless man breaks into your house, helps himself to your food and then takes a nap. You come home and find him sleeping and immediately call the cops. The officer shows up, and asks the guy his name. He runs his name through his computer and tells the guy that he can go. You are shocked and demand that he arrest the man, that he should not get off when he broke into your house. The police officer thinks about it for a minute and tells the guy to pay you $50.00. The homeless man of course doesn’t have it so he tells him to pay you when he can. You are disgusted by this and you call the police chief, who seems amazed that you are complaining. He tells you that the man didn’t get off scot free because he is going to pay you $50.00. He explains that the man is less fortunate than you and you should be a little more understanding, and not treat him with animosity. You persist in your complaint and tell him that you have heard about homeless people breaking into other people’s houses and robbing them, killing the owners, and/or raping the women. The police chief is shocked that you are comparing this man to those others when he didn’t hurt you. He explains that the man was just looking for a warm place to sleep, and the you shouldn’t compare him to those others, because not all of them are looking to hurt anybody, they just need a warm safe place to sleep. You again persist in your complaint, and he tells you to use that $50.00 that the homeless man is going to pay you to buy a better lock for your door to keep out other people that may try and break into your house.
How would you feel about this, would you feel like the cops are looking out for yours and your family’s safety and security- that they are looking out for your best interest.
2007-06-15
10:35:42
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katjha2005
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Politics & Government
➔ Immigration