Maya's Christmas Program

Sweet Maya at her school Christmas program

So stinkin adorable!

The Police Doing Their Job

If you are out in the streets loitering, hanging out on dark corners etc. I believe the police have the right to see what you are up to. Now some may disagree with me but frankly  I do not care. 

I do not hang out in dark areas nor do I loiter anywhere. I have 4 jobs that keep me quite occupied. I have a family that I interact with. I have children and grandchildren. I have interests and hobbies that do NOT include spending idle time in places where trouble could be brewing...

If a person black, white whatever chooses a lifestyle that does not include holding a legitimate job, chooses a lifestyle that does not include paying for the items they need or want and instead chooses a lifestyle of looting stores or mugging people (on dark street corners by the way) to get what they want, then I say that the police should have the right to indeed stop a person and look into why they are there and what they are doing.

If that person resists (as the 2 people in the news lately did do) then I believe the officer has the right to use whatever means necessary to force that person to comply. Think about it, as an officer you are up against violent and deadly encounters all day long. It is expected and you are prepared.

See I don't have to worry about "my rights" being violated because I will never ever be in that type of situation. 

I will, as long as I am able to, hold a job (or several), I will pay my taxes and medical insurance as required by law to do. I will not litter. I will not loiter. If I am stopped by an officer of the law for something (sometimes I go too fast in my car) I will comply with the officer's requests without argument.

People should realize that if these individuals were obeying the law they never would have been detained in the first place. 
It's not black or white it's right and wrong.