Poem Addressing Law Enforcement Officers

You could try reading this poem to some of the suspects you arrest. I think it would express a certain humaneness on your part and thus may show your suspect that a sense of humanity may be a strange idea, but that it’s also very important. If you’re reading this to a suspect now, I would like to directly address him or her: Dude, really take in the oddness of this situation–that a cop is reading you a poem! Not only is a cop reading you a poem, but it’s about you. I wrote this for you, arrestee! This is an opportunity, man. Take it!



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