Protect & Serve

To maintain public order and
provide ongoing safety
we need to rethink
what it means to prevent
criminal activities;

we need to reevaluate
the efforts
we put into detecting and
investigating
certain criminal activities
over other criminal activities,

because the ways in which
you're apprehending us
are a real threat.

regarding enforcement of the law
or "having a zero tolerance on crime."
I implore you,
use compassion and responsiveness;

our needs are going unmet,
our human rights ignored.

These expectations were preset, that
"governments are instituted among men"
to secure the rights of
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

The reluctance we are seeing now
to evolve
was not unexpected,
he continued with,
"mankind are more disposed to suffer
while evils are sufferable
than to right themselves
by abolishing the forms
to which they are accustomed."

—Or, it's the devil we know

and it makes us uncomfortable
dealing with the pressure
of re-imagining
what law enforcement could look like,

because it is not yet insufferable
for White America.

"Life, Liberty, and
the Pursuit of Happiness" go undefined

yet are the sacred values
we still hold as individuals
that inspired our forefathers
to cross an ocean,
defy their king,
and institute a government
to secure against all else.

if you are here to protect us
if you are here to serve us
prevention begins at home:
feed us, house us, educate us
provide us work,
healthcare, retirement

detecting and investigating activities
are time-consuming and costly;

prioritize
based on potential long-term gains
in the securing of the future
generations'
lives, liberties, and pursuits.

Enforcement of the law
should be an act of compassion and
justice.

Your responsiveness to our needs
is necessary
to preserve peace,
maintain public order,
and ensure safety for all.