Thursday, November 21, 2013

Eminent Domain

Eminent domain is when someone's private property is taken by the government for public use. I don't think this is fair at all because everyone has the right to property and eminent domain is taking that away. If someone is paying for private property and is living there, nobody should be able to take it away from them, especially when it is going to be used for the public. I know I wouldn't like it if someone took my property so I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else because it's not fair. State and national government do have more power over people but eminent domain is taking away the people's right to have property.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Police Corruption

I do not think the police have an obligation to participate in internal investigations about corruption. The people involved in the corruption are probably themselves or someone they know so they would be more likely to "forget something" or leave out important information that could skew the investigation. Police officers are too close to the crime and where it is happening to be involved. 
I do think police officers should be more open about issues involving corruption to outsiders, but not insiders. The consequences would be that some of their fellow officers could be caught, but if they want to do the right thing, then that won't matter. If officers want to stop the problem, they should tell people outside the department because they will be more likely to actually find a solution and stop the problem. If they tell people inside the department, the chances of them doing something about it and acting on it is slim.