If You Fear Cops, Have Doubts About America’s Justice System, and Feel Helpless, You Are Not Alone
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A fact and a serious problem rarely discussed in America is our nation’s entire justice system. At best, a grade of C- is appropriate. Some of these problems did not exist 70-80 years ago. However, when politics gets involved, the worst always happens. This is America in the 21 st century. WHAT AN ORIGINAL BABY BOOMER EXPERIENCED I am an original baby boomer, born in the summer of 1946. Although I was born in Idaho, my home, the place where I was raised, was in West Los Angeles, California. Where I grew up, most of the people living around me were white. I think my youth like the cover on the Saturday Evening Post. Each issue had a print of a Norman Rockwell painting displaying the most pleasant situations and occasions in our nation’s history. The one which made the greatest impression on me was a single policeman, in his blue uniform, handing an ice cream cone to a boy. I believed this was an accurate depiction of the relationship between law enfo...