A friend asked me the other day why I, a person that understands humanity far better than most, would study criminal law. This person said that the system is as corrupt as the criminals. I agreed to a certain extent but then asked a simple question. “Ever heard the saying, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer?”
The only way to fix the system is from the inside. I’d be the happiest man alive, if I could spend my time writing prophetically and poetically. If you could add photography to the context, I’d be as happy as a Banker horse running free amongst the sand dunes of the North Carolina Outer Banks. Just like those horses that used to roam uninhibited, we too are not entirely free. Everyone has baggage and everyone has responsibilities that inhibit our desires to roam free.
I have known for quite a while that I must move in this direction. Too many good people are getting reamed by the system, while the most insidious characters in society manage to slither away unscathed. The system is broken and must be repaired the right way. Greed is a large part of why the system is broke. I want to make sure that the punishment fits the crime. Part of the reason why so many bad people walk free is because they know the system better than those that enforce it. My criminalistics professor said today that police cadets only spend 3 hours out of the 12 weeks in school going over forensic science. The cops know less than the criminals. That needs to change!
Once I get my bachelors, there’s a minute chance that I’ll go to law school. I live for the little people. Who are the first two groups of people to get screwed over when the economy tanks or anytime for that matter? The disabled and the elderly! There has always been one constant in my life. I live to stand up for those that cannot stand up for themselves. The times that I have stood up for those that either didn’t know how or were too scared to stand up for themselves glisten like lanterns on lifes path.
With more knowledge comes more responsibility, but more importantly, more ability. I have been “Disabled” my entire life and at times have felt disenfranchised by the system. I want to make sure that disabled people have the chance to a full education and a job they deserve with that education. I had a potential employer tell me recently that the company he was hiring for could not afford to be liable for me. He said I was too much of a risk, being blind in one eye and having little depth perception. I had another guy tell me that I should just get a cashiering job like most disabled people. I told him to go fuck himself and left. I don’t “Look” disabled but I’m certainly not going to deny that I have disabilities.
Whether I stay in the criminal realm or move over to civil law is unknown at this stage. One thing is for certain, I’m too rebellious and different to ever be corrupted. And, I’m much too honest to ever be a politician. I live by one motto, Facta Non Verba. if we all lived by God’s laws, we’d have no need for our own.
I’m going to attempt to do two or three post a week to help clear my mind of all of the law jargon that I have soak up during the week. Have a grand weekend all…
