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Not many stories will stroke the ire of my being and strongly test my ability to be reasonable but a story like this titled “ WTF?! CHILD MOLESTING COP GETS 30 DAYS, WON’T HAVE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER ” by Unknown Author for The Free Thought Project pushes that boundary.  I have heard of prosecutorial discretion and plea bargains but damn people, haven’t we allowed the criminal justice system to get a little too far out of hand.  Have we not allowed judges to wield too much power especially when the decision made within the confines of their chambers and their courtrooms does more damage to a society and the bedrock principals upon which this nation was built?  The story reports “Child molesters in Virginia don’t garner much sympathy from state judges. Maximum sentences are typical, and multiple offenders barely ever see the light of day when caught...  In one example, Donald Hausen, 35, was charged with aggravated sexual battery, manufacturing child pornogr...

America is going through a new phase right now and it is the phase of protest.  While all peaceful protests should be welcomed for no other reason than through which reform actually comes, those protests which has an element of revenge needs to be deconstructed and the revenge element removed.  Like the gentleman who thought he was justified in killing two police officers while they were sitting in their car, these cowards need to be exposed.  I call him a coward because he took advantage of his situation then took his own life.  If the action that you take is thought to be so justified, then stand tall in defense of it but when you run away from the responsibility of that action, then you has just earned the label.  This goes for people like Edward Snowden and those cops who kill then hide behind their union and the justice system instead of being willing to truly clear their names by standing tall in a court of law. This seems not to be the case if what i...