Breaking The Law Everyday Frank Trippett Summary

Millions of Americans break the law everyday but they don’t consider themselves as criminals.

Frank Trippett in his passage he explains that Americans who break the law never call themselves lawbreakers. He first argues that when it comes to tax codes, or laws against littering or speeding or noise pollution, more and more American citizens are becoming people who casually break the law. He supports his argument by stating that the foundations of social order. are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding citizens take the skirting the law. Millions of Americans break the law everyday by speeding, littering, or even trespassing. People might agree with the author but people might also disagree. Some people might believe that the most crimes committed is violent. In Trippett's passage he states that ,“Americans are used to thinking that law-and-order is threatened mainly by violent crime.” Yes there is a lot of people out there who commit crimes that are violent crimes but nonviolent crimes happen everyday and not just in the United States, everywhere in the world. Trippett also states in his passage that,“When it comes to tax code, or laws against littering or speeding or noise polluting, more and more ordinary citizens are becoming scofflaws.” People everyday

One time when I was walking home from the store a guy was driving at least 10 miles over the speed limit in a school zone. The guy came to a red light and he tried to stop but did not succeed as the child was crossing the street the guy came up trying to stop but instead hit the child. Speeding happens everyday and everyday some child or even adult gets hurt from a speeding car, maybe that guy was drunk or just being irresponsible. Everyday people see each other dropping trash on the ground and no one is willing to pick it up even if it is there’s or not. Everyone is a danger in this world and everyone is a danger to the