When I was really young probably 8 or 9 years old my grandma brought a police officer home with her, while I was visiting her and my grandpa, to scare my sister because she had been chatting online with older men(something she did in response to our sexual abuse), the officer put my sister in the back of the cop car and my grandpa, who was shocked at the officer for putting a 11 or 12 year old at the time in his car, went to go speak to the cop, the officer asked for my grandpas ID(which was unnecessary information) my grandpa told him it was inside the house, the officer said to go get it and as my grandpa complied and turned his back beginning to walk into the house, the officer tackled him in the front yard, cuffed him and threw him in the back of his car. I watched this from inside horrified at what I was witnessing through the window, my grandma was smart and had obviously preplanned this happening because she had hid one of the house phones and left it on so I couldn’t use the only other phone in the house but I knew to unplug the missing phone from the wall, I was scared and called my dad(who I was terrified of because he physically abused me, so you know I was really afraid) my grandma came in the house grabbed me by the hair and took the phone from me just as my dad answered and she hung up on him. My grandpa spent the night in jail for no reason, there were no charges and he was released in the morning without any issues. I witnessed police mentality, authority power and abuse of power and force at a young age.
And this is a prime example of how compliance isn’t the answer. If you comply with terrorists or gangs it doesn’t mean they won’t beat, take advantage or kill you.
What it will take for our society to change: https://steemit.com/truth/@haileyscomet/cop-mentality-where-does-it-start-and-how-to-reduse-the-abuse
This was one of many experiences that opened my eyes to reality, pushed me to rebel all authority figures and rules as a teenager and birthed my awakening to anarchy principles and my years of activism. My need for freedom stems from a life of suppression, that suppression and trauma lead me to self introspection and has brought me face to face with my journey of lifelong self healing.
We must heal ourselves to better this incredibly sick world.