Celebritism: The Desire of Criminal Justice Professionals to be Popular and Unpopular

Popularity has become such a desired characteristic to have in the United States, as more-and-more people strive to achieve success by being recognized by the masses the current society we have has turned into a rat race to get your picture on as many billboards and television sets as possible.  The politics of the criminal justice system have become guilty of this as well, and with the tendency of elected officials, as well as many professionals who are not elected, to want to be seen as the epitome of justice it transcends the purpose of the justice systems from discovering truth to a contest that is like auditioning for a top gig in a Broadway musical.  Silly one-liner punch lines and campaigns have overrun the criminal justice system in a manner that have made every action by the practitioners a method to acquire the aforementioned popularity, as well as a gesture to maintain their jobs and so-called professional reputations. 

When a system that is supposed to be operating on equality and fairness turns into a weird desire to be the Prom King and Queen it takes the purposes of arrests, verdicts, sentences, as well as warehousing, and flushes them down the constitutional toilet.  Really?  The criminal justice system looks good on paper or in other graphical representations, but that’s about it.  Justice professionals know that they do this, and it’s no secret to anyone who has a reasonable sense of thought.  However, a bigger problem is that the public is guilty of this as well, and by wanting to be known for achieving wealth and celebrity-like status it gives the justice professionals the ability to not be seen as ridiculous; after all, they are engaging in the same processes that everyone else does, right?  Maybe not.  The difference lies in what the outcomes of these unusual desires to be movie stars are responsible for.  Meaning that the actions of the wannabe celebrities in the criminal justice system cause a massive amount of harm to not only the people who enter the wickedness that we call the criminal justice system, but also to the community that they serve.  This can be verified with how offenders are seen as opportunities and not human beings, particularly poor people, and a hell of a lot of racial and ethnic minorities.  When a practitioner engages in a process that turns the system, and criminal offenders, into the credits at the end of a movie then something extremely bizarre has occurred.  That is, justice has died and the previously mentioned desire to be a celebrity (popularity) has become the main point of any criminal justice-related habitude; in other words, doing whatever a person can to make their existence more profound while disregarding the core values that we have in the United States.  This is terrible, and again, not authentic justice.  Are these professionals trying to be popular or unpopular -- I'm confused!  Relying on the minorities in this country is a similar tendency of the high school bully who picks on the helpless nerds, and then somehow they get praise from the other wannabe cool kids who desperately want to fit in as well.  Terrible professionalism.   

Seeking to be a celebrity in the public services profession is not a good quality to have, as it always turns out to be a personal decision that does not even come close to adhering to constitutional rights and other criminal procedural laws.  The worst part is that nobody seems to find this to be that appalling, we as a society have let the criminal justice professionals turn into false themes of professionalism, and even worse, we gave them permission to conduct themselves in such a fashion because of our desires to finish first in the rat race of popularity.  When this is the ongoing trend the blame of crappy justice can theoretically be the public’s fault, but the idea that we have such statutes and procedures that should prevent this is a reasonable argument to make.  Stop trying to be popular and perform adequate justice, please?  The public officials are suppose to be the pillars of the community, and not the person who is the most well-known.  Finally, please continue to read my blogs, click on the advertisements, go to my LinkedIn profile, and send me friend requests on Facebook (Yes, this is another crude attempt at humor).  Happy New Year!