TOPIC:
Don’t control crime. Let crime go unpunished:
Answer:
There is no nation on this planet that was able to eradicate crime. Crime is first contemplated in the minds of humans. Some put those thoughts into actions. Some get caught and brought to trial. Some get convicted. Others get a handshake, or a pat on the back, and set free.
But crime goes on un-abated internationally!
They are those who advocate for harsher penalties, stricter law enforcement, and for more Armed Cops in our neighborhoods. But the street criminals are also armed to the teeth, with very sophisticated weapons. Sophisticated technology too. Just ask the department that deals with drug trafficking moguls.
Before we go shouting off our mouths for more guns, more Cops on the street, and more laws on the books to combat this reality. Just let us realize that the crime on out streets are pale, to those that is associated with ‘white collar crime.
This phenomena is on the increase, very entrenched, and has tentacles from the uppermost echelons of our societies, to the lowest rounds of it.
Yes, Big Business=Big Covert criminal activities. The Drug Trafficking Business is international.
And who do you think benefits the most?
It is the growers, and suppliers. Not the petty seller on the street? Or in the neighborhood that gets little or noting for his efforts.
As a matter of fact, I think the Street Crack Dealer is used as a frontline facade, for the more serious and intricate entrepreneurial venture, that is hidden behind the veil of legality, and legal connections.
Om Shanti.
Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator & Advocate.