I am really not old enough to be one of those “you young whippersnapper” types, but I do feel it from time to time with respect to the way things have become recently. The lack of respect for law and order is appalling. That also goes for respecting each other and their property as well.

Our people protecting us in law enforcement deserve support from the community. The point that was made in the other article about the mindset of Meth people is case in point. It hadn’t really sunken into my head that such a level had been reached. Now it has.

I think the only real solution to this is not by legislating and regulating things to death, but to instill the proper values in people and society.

While this case is troubling, and the resistor probably desered what he got, this ruling demonstrates why we do not need judges legislating from the bench. The ruling on this one case now affects all of us.

I have been living abroad now for a little over ten years in of all places Germany. It has had its bitter experience with people loosing their rights to a fair process and since 1949 has a constitution not unlike our own.

We are far from being in those dark days that were experienced here, but we must remain on guard that systematic dismantling of constitutional protections doesn’t bring us there either. When the law presumes guilt instead of innocence its the first step of many down to this level. We are a nation adhering to the rule of law. It isn’t in our best interest as an example to other nations to short circuit this process. The effects of this would be serious.