Free Write Personal Essay

i know what i want to write about, need to write about, but it's a rather lofty endeavour and i'm not sure where to focus. i want to write about the complacency of americans concerning the judicial system and cops. it's an important issue to me for a variety of reasons. my mother insists that if i'm not involved in the criminal lifestyle, it should be of no concern to me. i come back with "That's not the American way!" and "Checks and balances, damnit!" My dad has the opposite view, sort of. He sees the corruption and hates the fucking pigs, but i think it stops there. I believe that him being a vet has something to do with the feelings of injustice. He loves this country with all his heart, so the shit that happens does piss him off. i feel the same way. when i had my run ins with the law, i was greatly disillusioned and felt like i was on some foreign planet. everything i had been taught in american history and about justice and freedom was a crock of shit. i don't want to be preachy in this essay, however. i want to present my ideas so the reader can decide. i have such strong feelings about this that it's going to be a challenge. we'll see how it goes...