Mike+A’s+2017+OpEd+Article

474 people were arrested in a state wide three day sting operation by California Police. The 474 were arrested for their involvement in human trafficking and over 50 persons were rescued, 28 were children victims of sex trafficking, and 27 were coerced into prostitution, and some were reportedly victims since they were children. This is only the start of a massive nation wide crackdown on human trafficking with agencies targeting 30 politicians in the New York and Washington D.C. area. The unfortunate thing is, is that crackdowns on this scale take an extremely long time to conduct. Even on the smaller scale of finding and arresting, prosecuting, etc, a “parent” or relative that abuses their child sexually, physically, or verbally. It can actually be extremely difficult to find the perpetrator, especially if it is a family member for a number of reasons. Firstly, the child may be afraid of separating the family, they can be afraid of retribution from the initial perpetrator or from another family member, sometimes they (victim) don’t know what to do and suffer through it. It is actually more often than not, that the victim actually knows their abuser. There was an instance involving a young lady who was a victim of abuse from her father. He eventually got arrested after trying to sexually assault her and after he gave her some type of chemical burns which were unidentifiable. After the father was sentenced to jail, family members ended up blaming the victim f or his sentence. She now takes the blame and verbal belittling and borderline verbal abuse from family members regularly. We can not blame our law enforcement for not being able to find these hidden crimes, especially in a society that so advocates crime. Proposition 57 or the mistake that we will soon regret. Prop 57 was fact checked by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys due to multiple injustices found laced throughout the proposition. Such as how offenders who commit crimes multiple times will be eligible for release at the same time as someone who commits the same crime onc e. Repeat offenders can be released at the same time as one who commits the same crime once, and serve the same amount of time. Crimes labeled “non- violent” allow offenders to parole once they serve their base time. But somehow due to our Democratic political leadership in California these crimes are considered “non-violent” February 20, 2017 two Whittier police officers were shot and one was killed, this may not mean jack- to some, but to me and others this is a direct attack on our family. There is a bond that most of you may never experience, I am not sure how to explain it, but when you entrust someone with the life of one you love, there’s a certain bond that i s created. These officers were responding to an auto collision, doing their job. Serving the people, putting the people first before themselves and one gave the most. His life, even to those who may not appreciate him.
 * “Battery with Serious Bodily Injury”
 * “Domestic violence”
 * “Inflicting corporal injury on a child”
 * “rape/sodomy/oral copulation of unconscious person or by use of date rape drugs”
 * “Human trafficking involving a minor”
 * “Hate crimes”
 * “Assault w/ deadly weapon on Peace officer”
 * “Exploding destructive device w/ intent to cause injury”



He can not rest in peace and neither can those affected by his death. The person who shot and killed him and shot another officer was released a few days later thanks those who voted "yes" on Prop 57. The murder was a gang member who had just shot and killed his cousin, stole his car and got involved in a crash and he was released from jail. It is a damn shame that vigilante justice is illegal while the murder of America’s Finest Heroes are justified, encouraged, and seemingly legal. People take for granted what our law enforcement does. Yes we do have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, but for a reason. Because our system works. Jails and prisons were created not just as a punishment but as a way to keep society safe from those who society, or representatives deem dangerous, and detrimental to society. There is a reason why we have laws, why people choose to have guns, why we are safe but there is none that allows for the murder of heroes.