Busy

 I was busy all week. A friend helped me out by assembling some new back steps. Lumber is very expensive.  Anyway, after having been 45f yesterday it's now 31f and snowing.  It's supposed to be extremely cold this week.  I've got lots I could be doing inside.  Cleaning, organizing, sewing... But I don't want to and I'm bored.  

Cops

 I've been thinking a lot about the problem with police.  "Law Enforcement" is a term we hear a lot.  When I was younger I watched a lot of Dragnet. I always assumed police were supposed to "protect and serve".  Now it seems like police are all enforcement and less protect.  More like a quasi-military group than public servants. Why?  Why do we now have police who fancy themselves as enforcers rather than servants? I read in the news about people being killed by police.  Sometimes the person is unarmed and the situation didn't need to end in the person's death.  Other people will say "but they have this criminal record...". So?  Does having a prior criminal record mean the police get to kill you? Or does the color of your skin mean the police are more likely to kill you? What the hell is wrong with this picture?  Are we hiring the wrong people to be police officers? Should we institute a mandatory mental health screening for people applying to be police officers to make sure we don't hire racists or psychopaths who feel no guilt or remorse for hurting or killing someone needlessly? I don't have a clear answer here.  I know it needs to stop.