http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/us/baltimore-unrest/index.html


I live by a very small set of rules. The main one being the one I took nearly 10 years ago, My Oath of enlistment.


"I, _____, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

The second rule I follow is to Live and let Live. My ethical behavior surrounds these two motos of my life. I cannot understand how someone would want to pillage and plunder their own hometown due to a mishap from a police officer. This doesn't make any sense to me. How could you want everything that is surrounding your home to be in shambles? Why would you want to go out and destroy everything that you have worked so hard to keep in tact. Lastly why would you want to harm your brothers or sisters or neighbors? Morally I could not stand by and watch someone attempt to harm anything around me for any reason. There are ways to show unrest other than destroying things. Children throw tantrums and destroy their own belongings. This is not acceptable behavior for grown men and women. The main problem that I see in this is that people are being force fed that it is always blacks against whites, or some race or religion against another. This is not only wrong but absurd thinking. People do not normally react in ways that Mr. Freddie Gray reacted to the police. Also police officers do not commonly react to interactions the way that this police officer did. Both sides are in the wrong, but it has nothing to do with the buildings or any store owner that bases his lively hood on the business he runs. Why then do they want to go and destroy such valuable resources and potentially ruin the freedoms and liberties we have in a country that should be FREE.