Sixth Blog: Civil Rights & Liberties

With the world passing by us faster and faster each day, many people don't get to take a seat and look at what they are, and what they have. This includes their rights. Some don't know all their rights, when others don't know them at all, and this can be very bad when it comes to important situations. A quick example would be when a police officer wants to search your residence. If the police officer wants to search, he/she must have a warrant issues especially for your home. This is crucial, because if you know that you have illegal substances or guns or anything illegal, this knowledge of knowing to ask the officer for a warrant is key, because it could save your butt, big time.

People these days don't realize how important it is to have rights. No one even thinks about it anymore. Everyone figures that they are secure and don't need to worry about all the harm happening to others, when it can happen to you in an instant. I bet if you walked up to anyone in the street and asked them what their rights were in certain instances, they would have no clue. Also, if for a prank, you were to have a police officer randomly pretend to arrest people, people would panic when asked to state their rights. They may get some, but I doubt all.

My point with all of this is that people in the world today really have more freedom than they think. If anything, people abuse it without even knowing, and it becomes a problem when it is needed at most. Another example could be that you get pulled over by a cop, and he just so happens is having a rough night, and takes it all out you, possibly getting physical. If you know your rights, you can get more money when you take him to court, but you could also miss a lot of things that happened if you don't know what your rights are doing to defend you. There are so many cases of abuse, especially by police officers, or legal officials, where they figure that stupid people who get into trouble with them in the first place don't know anything, and they can get away with anything they do. What's the best, is when they get surprised, and get sued for millions for assault & battery or abuse. Most of the time however, the suspect will get his way with the knowledge of the victim; who, not knowing their rights, will get sued for the little things, and not get the full price to pay.