Holidays are always complicated for those with incarcerated loved ones. But today is much more complicated, much more different. A day where we are to celebrate the escape from tyranny. Instead, it is alive and well through the American “Justice” system.
The Fourth of July used to be one of my favorite holidays.
We would get together with family and friends, eat hot dogs and burgers, and spend way too much money on fireworks. Now the holiday has a different meaning to me. It reminds me that freedom is a fragile lie that we Americans have been taught is the bedrock of our country.
Spoiler alert: it is not.
America’s foundation is made of sand, built on a justice system that is so corrupt and broken that it destroys lives in the name of “justice.” It locks people away as a “deterrent”, and profits from mass-incarceration.
It is the epitome of propaganda.
haven’t seen fireworks in nearly two years, so when I think of fireworks today, I don’t envision the beautiful explosions of light and sound I once experienced. Instead, I see the lives and freedom that that has been detonated by bad actors in the justice system.
This Fourth of July, as you celebrate your freedom, remember how fragile it really is.
A single mistake, bad decision, horrible accident, or a mental break and it can be snatched away. You, like hundreds of thousands of other Americans could be locked in a box, stripped of dignity, stolen from your family, and forced to sit in an oppressive cell or dorm-style room, listening to the booms of everyone else celebrating the freedom that you no longer have and could be taken away.
All in the name of propaganda.
All in the name of “justice.”
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