Safe Town

1 Pages 317 Words

In “Small Town, Quiet Town, Safe Town”, author Jeremy Steben validly argues that police officers in today’s society ignore the constitutional rights of Americans by hunting people by their age, and not their actual crimes. By using a sarcastic tone Steben shows his humorous outlook on how today’s police officers act. In Steben’s small town in Connecticut, he has noticed an increase in this kind of police behavior. Being a teenager himself he has been pulled over for doing nothing wrong, only for his age. This is a violation of people’s rights and privacy.
The common view in today’s America is that teenagers are always up to no good. This is why police pull over people by merely their age, nothing else. Steben sarcastically says “I accept and realize that to the greater good I must occasionally give up a few constitutional rights, a sacrifice that I make gladly.” showing his view on how these police are violating the rights of young Americans. It is just plain wrong to assume teens are up to no good. Teenagers are people too, and this kind of behavior must stop. Steben tells of how one of his friends got pulled over so many times for just being a teen that every police officer knew her.
It is against the law to accuse innocent citizens of crimes they did not even commit, just by looking at their age. Steben’s uses emotional appeal by mentioning these poor innocent teens that are being tortured by the police. Steben’s also uses backing by telling about people who were actually pulled over for no reason. That shows Steben is not lying about the corrupted police officers. If the police keep this up many more people will start to show that they care, just like Jeremy Steben does in “Small Town, Quiet Town, Safe Town”....