Posts Tagged ‘crime’

Crisis in America – When Your Rights Are Violated

By Michael Allen | Government, Issues, law, Society

Why in the world is our Constitution under such attack?  If you change it at all, America loses that which makes it unique.  But, our rights are constantly being challenged and by the most un-American of our citizens. I find it ironic because American laws protect the very rights the un-Americans among us use to

Getting Pushed Out and Wanting to Hang It All Up

By Michael Allen | Commentary, Issues, Society

There are some people in this world who just seem to move through life so smoothly. Everything seems to be handed to them on a silver platter and they never run into problems. But, what happens when one day the bottom falls out on the path that has been holding them up their entire lives?

Small Solutions Make the Biggest Impact

By Michael Allen | Commentary, crime, Issues, law, Society

There is a new initiative to take prostitutes off the streets.  Instead of throwing them in jail for a night or a week and then sending them back out to the same world where they came from, Dallas Police are offering rehab.  If prostitutes choose rehab, they can avoid a jail sentence while getting assistance

Reflections of the Criminal Mind

By Michael Allen | A Danger to Society, crime, criminal behavior, law, social issue

Staring at cinder blocks, listening to sounds of heavy doors locking and unlocking, fed meals that just aren’t enough for grown men.  This is the life of the criminal if he gets caught.  I keep hearing those words while playing spades with a hustler, “It’s not cheating if you don’t get caught.”  He deals us