American Shame
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- Jim_Brenneman
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Like a lot of people I was angered when I watched the video of a Police Officer spraying a group of College students with pepper spray. The way in which he seemed to take pleasure in the act made it even worse. In response the students to their credit didn't respond with violence and in that I can find hope. Albeit a small amount but hope non the less. The continued heavy handedness of various Police organizations across this country in response to American citizens attempting to exercise their Constitutional rights is embarrassing. While the rest of the world struggles to over come tyrannical leaders in an attempt to have the kinds of freedoms we take for granted we are increasingly loosing those freedoms. People who want to work can't, those who do have jobs have to work more than one to get by, kids can't afford to go to college and those who are in positions of power in politics and business have decided that they only have to worry about themselves even if it means that the nation falls apart both figuratively and literally. It's no wonder people who feel powerless finally have had enough and like many times before in this nations brief history have banded together in order to take back what is rightfully theirs. No amount of Pepper Spray, catchy soundbites or a lack of permits will prevent the change that is necessary for this nation to continue to grow and eventually become what our founders imagined it could be. Although in truth they probably couldn't have even begun to imagine what the future would truly look like.
