Jan 26, 2007 | 5:27 PM
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Here's a little bedtime stiory for ya kiddies. Once upon a time, when I was just a boy, I was pulled over by the police for speeding (which I was). Being a young man with a bit of an attitude, I was of course treated as such by the officers. Upon a search of my vehicle, the officer found a small pocket knife in my glove compartment. I was in the process of moving from one house to another at the time and had my car filled with other personal effects as well. I was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a deadly weapon. An arrest that would indeed alter the course of my life. I was going through the process of entering the police academy at the time. This felony arrest disqualified me from that process. Over the next years I was hassled, interrogated, abused and generally treated like a common thug by all police I came into contact with in an official capacity.
Now we have a 78 year old woman pulling a shotgun on an 8 year old girl scout and her father and the police and prosecuter REFUSE to take action. If ever there were a case of UUW, this must be it. They say she might be crazy. All the more reason to to put her BLEEP on the floor and cuff her quickly before the "crazy" can be unleashed again. I wonder what might have happened if the firefighter father had taken the weapon from her hand and bashed her nose in with the stock. I bet he would have been arrested and charged. We would see that poor old "crazy" woman on Fox News 3 times a day crying about her ordeal.
And what lesson has this 8 year old girl learned? That when you get old and crazy you can do what you want without consequences. Maybe the family of that little girl should consider civil action for emotional distress. I'm sure these old crazy people have little more than "a pot to piss in", but if it were me I'd take the pot. They might even get lucky enough to take the house and force the scared old crazy lady to be put in a home where she belongs.
We can no longer sit back and allow the powers that be to protect and serve us as they should. The cops are more concerned with having a badge and gun than doing the job. The DAs are too focussed on the the ladder of political power. I'd be ashamed to admit I was paralized with fear of the AARP. They might be a huge voting block today but they will die soon and that is life. We have the right to take back our streets and neighborhoods, with force if need be.