The True Aim of the Criminal Justice System: Rehabilitating the Criminal

Working class people are more prone to violence because of continuous acts of workplace bullying, social bullying, and domestic bullying, causing violence to spill over to jobs like policing, colleges, and social events; where these acts of intimidation are brought to a head in the form of some violent outburst or action.  “In the 1980s the manifest functions of government were to maintain order in society, but its distinct function produced a hard lesson learned by the individual who broke the law.  James Flynn, “observed in the 80s that IQ scores had consistently increased in the past decades”… “3 IQ points per decade and thought that intelligence itself had not increased, but abstract problem-solving ability had, making people more intellectually capable”… “Factors that may have played a role are computers, long-schooling, media stimulation, better health and nutrition, and more parental attention.”  Consequently, from 1991 to 1999, according to A-infos website there was one incident of unjustified police brutality every year for nine years.  Even closer to 2015 you have similar events:  Timothy Russell and Melissa Williams, who were unarmed and shot more than 137 times by Cleveland Police; South Carolina Officer Micheal Slager, who shot and killed unarmed Walter Scott.  This type of injustice has sparked the Justice or Else movement that focused on the injustice of police who are committing murder and felony assault, and falsifying reports. 

The Cleveland abduction showed just how monstrous working class people have become to enrich their lives socially and personally.  When Ariel Castro abducted and tortured those girls for 10 years in a residential home in Cleveland right under the noses of the surrounding neighbors in the community, this showed the lengths everyday working class citizens will go to attain and maintain a certain status quo in the community they live.  Ariel Castro was not considered to be mentally disturbed until it was discovered what he had done; neither were the other shooters who committed the mass killings mentioned in this paper. Ariel Castro is not alone in this crime of kidnap and sensory deprivation; cases in Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and many other states as you read this passage.  They all fitted a profile; they were ordinary working class people who were not ill-spoken of until these atrocities were discovered to be committed by them.    

“According to data compiled by Mother Jones magazine, which looked at mass shootings in the United States since 1982, white people -- almost exclusively white men -- committed some 64% of the shootings.    "What made Dylann Roof do what he did? You know, I mean, that's the question, isn't it? I don't know," Jeffrey Swanson, professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University, told CNN's Don Lemon.  "There are pieces of the puzzle, and you put them all on the jigsaw board, and you're still going to have a big hole there. What I do know is that violent behavior -- whether it's serious violence or minor violence in populations -- is never just one thing. It's not a one thing problem. It's going to be an accumulation of things, kind of a whole cocktail of factors," he said.

Mass shootings date back as far as 1984 that have its origins in “Workplace Violence.”  The shooters in the majority of recent mass shootings all had no criminal record, college students, working class citizens who collapsed under the “cocktail of factors” from home, work, and school.  The shooters felt that they had been the target of “acts or verbal comments, negative physical contact, repeated incidents or patterns, asserted power through aggression, the object of a person’s need to control someone, a set of acts of commission or omission, undermine legitimate business interests, escalates to involve others, and requires consequences for the targeted.”  These are the characteristics of workplace bullying; elements that spawned most of the mass shootings in recent times.  While race, gender, and mental health all played a factor in the execution of these crimes, the commonality here is that all the shooters felt that they had been unjustly done.  “The fugitive Edward Snowden, convicted spy Chelsea Manning, and mass murderer Aaron Alexis all had one thing in common, U.S. government security clearances which they turned into weapons.” This quote by Scott Pelley is a perfect example of seeking justice as an encouragement.  “Some believe that Snowden and Manning were right to expose what they saw as government abuses like the NSA's domestic surveillance program, but few believe that all of America's secrets should be not at risk to spies, criminals or the mentally ill.” 

Since the 1980s, rehabilitating the criminal has been a priority of the criminal justice system.  Crime has become an integral part of hip-hop culture, so connected, that the style of dress, slang, and habits of the double failure have made their way to the forefront of several minority cultures as fashionable trends.  With the popularity of the life of the double failure as a popular trend, now there is what I term the “triple failure,” because the standard for success has become tough in the life of the double failure, unlike it once was 30 – 40 years ago. Criminals who have committed the crimes of murder, robbery, burglary, drug selling, and assault all have found themselves on the inside faced with wanting to get out of prison and stay out.  A perfect example of this philosophy is Shari L. Thomas.

 “Shari L. Thomas went to prison more than 25 years ago for killing the man who she said had abused her as a child.  She used her time there to remake herself, becoming the first woman in Virginia to obtain a college degree behind bars. [Shari] earned a master’s degree in biotechnology after her release. She has kept her record clean since, managing research laboratories for major hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.  And yet even now, her criminal record has the power to reach through time, upending her life.” 

This philosophy only works when the individual wants it to work, can keep pace in this fast-moving, high-tech advanced society, and the community is proponents of the person and their efforts. 

The majority of mass shootings start out as some form of workplace violence; where a disgruntled employee or student with no known criminal history or known mental history has busted under the pressures of work, home, and their social life.   My personal experience has led me to know that about 90% of the present day workforce is composed of ex-convicts, probationers, and parolees.  Most are still working because they are tired of going back and forth to prison, being on probation or parole, and want something different than the “thug life’ that led them to jail.  “Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslim men to carry out lone-wolf attacks in Western countries, according to a video circulating on the intern[e]t in recent days, suggesting Muslim youth follow the example set by the Tsarnaev brothers.  When terrorist goes from attacking corporations and organizations literally to your front door, then we must take a look at the rehabilitation of the criminal, and where this is truly leading.  Full of drugs, guns, murder, and a lot of times, no promise for tomorrow for young African-American children who are caught up in this culture of dope houses and gangs, this is an upside to the downside of African-American culture. 

Soundtrack to My Life

12 feet of snow buries the mid-north all the way to the

Atlantic-Canadian states of the U.S.  It gives me the chills

when I take into consideration all the time I did,

the unqualified amounts of work I put in; still shivering from

the unimpaired strange, heinous, and callous things in this cold

world;

Cold as a naked person walking across the South Pole.

Gargantuan ass cold!  You can feel it to the bone.  I don’t

dance to an e-beat or perform in a red zone anymore, I just monkey

around like a g-man to my own beat;

Yes sir! That is dope!

I didn’t return to the streets, so I don’t get a pistol or a hoe,

because muthaphuckas know I’m a let it go! Not the hardest d-boy with

rocks, and I don’t want to go back; but it is part of my contract.

Females have visions of my dickhead in their head, just give it a million

dollars and watch it step!

No evidence to all I say I did, so I’m packing a pen like Wyatt Earp

packed a gun.  Because my fight is not with my neighbor, but those heads

of City and State who want to take my weight.  Told that gopher, “I’ll dig off

in they shit to hold they weight;

Now that is the way!

Knuckle game like Jumbo!  Play like Recibo!  Get treated like Dumbo! 

The soundtrack to my life, every great failure has one. 

The Legend Of BlindMaster...continues

Adil is a former combat, weapons, and military police, who works as a uniformed guard for High Threat Protection security services; while Adila is a former field surgeon and medic for the Unites States Army, and currently a research scientist for Restorative Technology.  High Threat is a very productive security agency with clients in Russia, England, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece.  Undoubtedly, HTP is working closely with Restorative Technology to develop an exoskeleton for combat troops as well as an armour for field medics that is powered by a special femto-chip.  As a result of this collaboration, the scientist at Restorative Technology create an integrated circuit that surpasses the nano technology, called the femto-chip.  It replicates like hundreds of DNA cells in femto-seconds by analyzing and combining molecularly with the wearer of the exoskeleton.  Allowing only that wearer to ever wear it, give it commands, and control the exoskeleton.  In addition to developing combat technology, Restorative Technology has developed highly advanced medical devices for combat, military, and commercial use that has revolutionized medicine.  Unbeknownst to Adil and Adila, they are being used as sacrificial pieces in HTP’s move to manipulate economies and governments in the Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.  While Adila is ironing out the wrinkles in Restorative’s femto-chip, Adil is searching HTP’s databases for a mystery person, BlindMaster, whose thoughts continue to invade their conscious.  Malik Muhammad, a.k.a. BlindMaster, knows what is happening to Adil and Adila; he also knows that they are two good friends that he has not yet met.  When BlindMaster hears about the dinner at HTP headquarters, his mind’s eye tells him that Adil and Adila might lose their lives because the exoskeletons are still questionable, so he takes to the L.A. night to assist his future best friends who don’t know that all their thoughts and actions are being viewed by his mind’s eye.  Consequently, Restorative and HTP are only a strong deposit, with no inclusion, in an international fill of corporate executives that leads BlindMaster and the Twins to the cause of corrupt corporations, demons, and deadly situations that brings out of hiding lame white-collar deadbeats, old street hustlers, and retired demons who see opportunities to settle old beef from times when they did not want to or were forced to retire or lay low.       

Why You Should Zip-Line

The newest addition to the Chattahoochee Valley is a zip line that spans from Columbus,
Georgia to Phenix City, Alabama, symbolizing the relationship that not only
these two cities have had throughout history, but the connection between the
state of Georgia and Alabama.  “Take flight on the Blue Heron Adventure in Columbus, Georgia!
Crossing the Chattahoochee River, experience the only dual-zip line that
connects two states reaching speeds up to 40mph. The fun doesn’t end there! The
Blue Heron Aerial Course, a treetop experience will meet you in Phenix City,
Alabama with a total of 10 obstacles. The adventure continues as you cruise in
the motorized Canyon Raft back to Georgia.”
Ascending the 100 foot tower I could feel the jitters coming on,
and those jitters brought doubt, second thoughts, and worries of going splat on
something down below.  As I stood at the
top of the tower being fastened and secured to the cable my knees started to
buckle, but I was not going to chicken out.
Being afraid of heights and the exhilarating rush of adrenaline, is the
reason zip lining 100 feet above the Chattahoochee River, across 1200 feet of
cable, at 40 mph, is an experience that I will never forget.  Fear and adrenaline are the reasons for
choosing this topic. 

With the zip-line
being a new addition to Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama most of the
locals are not aware of the zip-line or the fun one can experience while
zipping across the Chattahoochee. 

Also,
Citizens of Columbus and Phenix City frequent both sides of

the river to enjoy
the scenery, see the newly built wooden structures

that comprise the zip-line,
but never actually go on the zip-line because they don’t feel the narcotic
euphoria that zipping 100 feet high, 1200 feet across, at 40 mph
instantaneously brings. In addition, zip lines are non-existent in most
communities, and for a family or couple living in one of these non-existent
communities planning a vacation; zip-lining would be a fun option to consider
for the itinerary.  In addition to these
non-existent communities and locals, I also plan on using this as a blog post
for people who want to face their fears as I did, adrenaline junkies, and
persons who want to do something different but fun.

The first
paragraph tells of my experience on the zip-line, this is why I include the
video so the reader can actually see what I was experiencing from start to
finish.  Also, I speak of not only the
fear I experienced as I stood at the top of the 100 foot tower being securely
fastened to the cable, but the reader can see the excitement I felt after I
finished the first zip across the Chattahoochee River.  As a result of the excitement from the first
zip, I was extra excited to do the final zip

There are always
questions about events like the zip-line concerning safety, stability of
structure, what additions or optional features do they have with the zip-line,
how often or how many times can this exhilarating feat be performed a day, and
are the controllers experienced enough to make everyone feel safe and secure.  I felt that this was one of the safest
structures, the equipment is 100%, and the controllers are very well
experienced to assure your safety.  Only
one way to really research this topic, go book a zip for yourself, check the
website of White Water Express, and ask the people who run this establishment
all the questions you have, like I did with Lucas Brown.