Middle-school girl is body-slammed by a Texas officer

Alyssa Rangel published a post on April 7, 2016 titled, "Texas officer appears to body-slam middle-school girl in shocking viral video." In this post, Alyssa explains the story of a Texas officer, Joshua Khem, who was trying to restrain a middle school student in San Antonio who was apparently being verbally aggressive with another student. Alyssa explains that during this process the officer was video taped, which showed him slamming the student onto a brick walkway, then proceeding to handcuff her, and then taking her away. This student was 12 year old, Janissa Valdez.

I agree with Alyssa that Police Officers are being targeted a lot more in todays' society than ever before. Officers are being watched more closely than ever before, and being scrutinized by citizens about every detail, no matter what it may be. I also agree with Alyssa and what she says about the videos that are recorded during these particular situations. In most of these situations when there is a video recorded, and with officers being attacked more by the public, it seems that the whole story isn't shown directly. Instead, it seems that in the showing of these videos, it only captures the confrontation and the outcome, which usually ends up being bad for one of the parties involved. In this case, it would be officer Joshua Khem.

With that being said, I DO NOT agree with how the officer handled this situation. This was a 12 year old girl for goodness sake! There was no reason for the officer to body slam this girl. Joshua Khem, being an officer, should know the rules about the appropriate use of force, which I don't believe that he used. I do not need the full video clip to know that this officer handled this situation poorly, and I am glad that he was put on leave by the head administrators, although in my opinion I think he deserves much more.

Should Texas have term limits for Governor?

Term limits date back to the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution. With most states having already adopted term limits for governor, Texas is one of the states that has not limited the governors' term limit. With that being said, Rick Perry served as governor of Texas for 14 years, which is a record held among Texas Governors. I believe Rick Perry was governor for too long and that there, indeed, needs to be term limits. He may have done an "alright" job while in office, and he may have been liked by many voting citizens, but there has to be a limit. Not only will it create opportunities for someone new to come in, but it will open the door for new changes to be made that Texas may need. No person should control state office for that long. The governor has too much power to be controlled by one person for multiple years, and there should be an amendment that adopts a term-limit for being the governor of Texas. I am sure I am not the only one who thinks this, nor will I be the last. We citizens need to care more about our great state of Texas, and not let politicians take control of our state and turn it into their own playground where they make the rules.