Assignment One King

I find it disturbing that so many cops are involved in the kidnapping of citizens, when they are suppose to be protecting the streets. They are abusing their power and endangering citizens. A lot of my family lives in New Mexico so when we go to visit we usually go down to Juarez, to go shopping, so rather than the touristy spots I've seen how the majority of the people in Mexico live. When we go to these areas my parents, aunts, uncles, etc are very careful to keep me close by, they never let me wonder by myself no matter where I go. I think if I was a Mexico City resident I would be afraid to walk my own streets. I realize here in the United States people are abducted, and murdered, but I think it takes a different position when it is the police kidnapping and murdering citizens. If you can't trust your law enforcement to keep you safe, who can you trust to protect you? I think after some point it's something you accept as a part of your daily routine, so you take extra precautions to keep yourself safe. After 9/11 many people were afraid to go to work. I know I was afraid for my parents to go to work everyday; when they left the house I constantly wondered if I would see them again that night. Eventually it was something we as a society learned to deal with, and although the kidnappings in Mexico are tragic, I believe it is something the Mexican people know is a long way from being solved so they have to live their lives the best they can. It's like school shootings in the United States, they are tragic every time they happen, but every time they do we don't stop going to school; we take extra precautions and make them a part of our daily lives.