Enrique's Journey

Money corrupts people even the cops. In Enrique's Journey on his way to find his mom in America he gets stopped by cops. They end up putting a gun to his face and robbing him in Mexico. He then sees them again and tries getting justice but the same thing happens. "'Get over here,' the buzz-cut officer barked, waving a pistol. One of the migrants bolted. Enrique obeyed, afraid of what might happen if he tried to run. The officers put the migrants in the back of their truck. They demanded 100 pesos to let them go. Enrique was relieved that one of the fellow migrants had the money and handed it over."(pg:58) The quote proves that money will make people do anything just to try and have a good life. These cops should be removed form the police force, the reason is that they are putting fear in the people they are suppose to protect. How are these kids and people suppose to walk the streets at night when they are afraid of their own police force. These two men are abusing their power and there is more police men that are like this. I feel that there should be an upraises to take these cops down in any means possible. If there was police in my town that acted in this manner i would do the same. There really needs to be an up keep on police activity in poverty nieghbor hoods  because there are more places even in are country that are like this. 

Enrique's journey

"In a country where nearly half live on $1 or less a day, kids from poor neighborhoods almost never go to college."(pg:37) I though this was a really important issue that i found in the book. Every child should have a right to have an education. I think that people in poverty should have free school there has to be some great minds in children living in poverty, but they don't get a chance. In society were you live determines your fiat. This is unfair but so is the world. We can do something about though to at least give the children a chance to shine. I really believe education and how everyone should have a chance to get a good education. It is not right that a kid in South America and Africa cant get a education. This makes no scene and to be honest is cruel. 

Enrique's Journey

"Now Enrique's anger boils over. He refuses to make his Mother's Day card at school. He begins hitting other kids. At recess, he lifts schoolgirls' skirts. When a teachers tries to make him behave by smacking him with a large ruler, Enrique grabs the end of the ruler and refuses to let go, making the teacher cry."(pg:23)  This proves that child abandonment does affect how a child acts. I understand that what Lourdes his mother did was for the good, but that doesn't mean it was right. She went to america to get money so he can have a better life but he would have had a better life if she was there. No child can live with out there mom. Its hard, just like it was hard for me to grow up without a father. Its difficult for children and i just feel if my dad was there things would be different. Maybe me and Enrique wouldn't act out how we did. There is really no way to find out but i think child abandonment is wrong and will hurt the child in the long run.

Enrique's Journey

Lourdes just had a babe in America, after having to go through the ordeal of getting to America. She met a man named Santos that help her by giving money to her kids in Mexico and also providing her with a place to live. After their babe was born she got fired from working and had to work at a bar. After giving a co-worker a ride home her boyfriend freaked out. "Two months after Dana's birth, she is fired. She gets a job  at a pizzeria and bar. Santos doesn't want her to work there. One night, Santos is drunk and jealous that Lourdes has given a co-worker a ride home. He punch Lourdes in the chest, knocking her to the ground."(pg:14) I felt that this was good to bring up because it proves that abuse among spouses happens often. This is wrong and i fell alcohol also has a part in this but there was no right to punch her. This quote shows that many wives are struggling with abuses and it is not right.

Tampa PD

In what could be the most obvious -- and simultaneously unlikely -- of places, a marijuana plant sprouted and grew unnoticed for weeks right across the street from the downtown Tampa Police Department."The plant tested positive for THC," Tampa Police Capt. David Goodman said. Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the active chemical in marijuana. I find this article on CNN very funny and interesting because an not allowed substance in America is growing right next to a police station. What this article proves is that THC or marijuana plants will all way be around no matter how much a government dislikes it. This is just another step to stop the prohibition on Cannabis. No matter how much are government hates it, there will always be pot flooding the strip just like Tampa.  

Legalize Marijuana sales

If marijuana is sold and smoked legally crime rates and arrest rate will go down. As stated in the article "Instead of having regulated market, we've turned thing over to this extremely violent unregulated marketing controlled by organized crime." I believe 100 present with this statement because another statistic shows that just in 2009 in B.C there was 43 gang related deaths and 276 drive by shooting in public areas. This was most likely over drug sales and truff. If we end this Prohibition and take the drugs away from the kingpins; and regulate/sale the product. There would be a stop to the violence because with out there product,there is no money, if there is no money there is no power.