Raymond Writes

For boys who play little league sports, they practice several times a week to get it right on game-day. However, when it comes to real life issues, boys are told to just do it like Nike and get it done without any practice or experience. If we were a fly on the wall, we would hear boys brag about their fathers saying, "My father is stronger, bigger, smarter than your father!" or "My father can beat your father up." And there is nothing more powerful for a boy to say to someone to win an argument by saying, "My father told me..." What a father tells his son is law, even if no one else think so. But what happens when there is no father to brag on or to inspire confidence and strength when faced with a threat? When there is no father operating in a boys life, they sometimes believe the stereotypical images that defines them as uneducated and criminals. Without a father to let a boy know, that being smart is a good thing, they sometimes dumb themselves down to...

July 9, 2017, Detroit Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and Gina Kaufman, documented a years long investigation of problem police that were kept on the job, even after their behavior was shown they did not deserve to be trusted. ("Disorderly Conduct, A Detroit Free Press Investigation How problem cops stay on the street. The system protects them, let them get hired elsewhere, endangering citizens and costing cities millions.") Reporters Jim Schaefer and Gina Kaufman, did a excellent job in exposing the poisonous behavior of bad cops, however, the discussion of those who have been snake bitten by bad police have to be rectified. If there is no cure, then many wrongfully convicted will live with the disease, some unto death. The cure-all is not just to remove bad cops off the job, but a remedy from the disease they caused on people. Most bad cops started off as good ones, however, somewhere they crossed the line. Some cops have lied to themselves, telling themselves they ...