It was last Saturday morning when I was going to the shop and I saw two policemen taking drugs. I saw one of them smoking bhang and the other one drinking alcohol. I was so shocked that I ran home very fast and I found my parents sitting outside of the house. They looked at me and asked me what was wrong. I told them what I saw.
My parents asked me where I saw the two policemen and whether they were wearing police uniforms. I told them that they were not wearing uniforms but I saw them with guns and handcuffs. My parents asked me if I was sure and I told them yes.
My parents asked me to take them to the officers. When we got there, we saw that they had caught three boys. My father asked the policemen why they had done that and they said that the boys were caught smoking bhang and drinking alcohol. My father asked the policemen why they were taking the boys even though they themselves were doing drugs just a few minutes ago. The policemen started taking the boys to the station.
We followed them up to the police station. The policeman asked my father what he wanted and my father said that he wanted to write a statement. The policeman said that he would have to come back next week on Saturday. So we went home.
The next week came, so we went to the police station and the policeman told my father that we would have to go to the courts. When we reached the court, my father told me to not be shy and to tell the truth about what I saw. The policemen were arrested.
After two days, I saw the same two policemen taking drugs again. I asked my neighbor which day they were released from jail and she said yesterday. I went home and told my parents. My father said they probably gave the judge a bribe.
I want to tell everyone that corruption is the worst thing in our society. Policemen, you have to be the first people to stop drug abuse. If you are taking drugs and you tell somebody to stop doing the same, he or she will not take you seriously. So I want to tell the police to stop abusing drugs as they should be our role models, not criminals
Thank you for telling your story. I hope that the policemen will learn, I think that it can happen.
Comment by Hannah — October 11, 2008 @ 3:25 pm