Persuasive Essay On Community Safety

“The civil libertarian must appreciate the fact that some sacrifice of individual rights and liberties has to be made in order to achieve and maintain a safe, stable society in which the individual may exercise those rights and liberties.” (Inbau). In today’s society, the average American tends to rely on their own person, rather than the government or public safety personnel. America reads their rights in the constitution and comes up with made up rights, or takes them to the extreme when, in fact, the personnel in charge are simply trying to keep them, and everyone involved in the situation safe. Community safety should take precedence over an individual’s rights in the United States under dangerous circumstances because rights are being

The most well know terrorist attack is the attack on the twin towers in New York City, New York on September 11, 2001. Since the first initial attack, America has fallen victim to twenty seven attacks on the nation’s soil, this number has gotten out of hand. In addition to massive terrorist attacks, mass murders are also considered a dangerous issue. A mass murder is defined as the killing of four or more people, and while there were many murders since the beginning of time, the first major mass murder is recorded on September 6, 1959, when Howard Unruh went on a killing spree and murdered thirteen people in his neighborhood over small arguments such as the property line. Another recent issue in America’s society are riots. While riots in the civil rights era started out as peaceful sit-ins, riots since then and throughout history have evolved. From the peaceful sit-ins, they began to get more violent, such as burning churches, and now they have tried burning whole cities. America’s rights should stay in tact and they should always be able to keep them. American’s freedom of speech is compromised on a daily basis in schools and in the public eye. It should not matter if a student has her nose pierced or is wearing a tank top. Or if there is a big riot. It is the American people 's right to be in the middle of everything and try to

In the case of Abrams v. U.S., he was arrested for “protesting”. In our freedom of speech, we have the right to protest, until it gets potentially dangerous. Abrams was arrested because he threatened the life of the current president in his protests. He was a Russian immigrant who was in New York City trying to bring anarchy and attempted to have a “general strike against the government’s policy of intervention” (Polenberg 4) and condemned President Woodrow for sending troops into Russia. They testified that it was Abram’s right to protest, but the defense was thrown out on account of the Sedition Act (which covers broader ranges of offenses that previously allowed) of May 16, 1981 stating that the way he threatened others was wrong. (Polenberg 25) Overall this