_Lakeland - Eighteen month veteran Arnulfo Crispin, was on his regular patrol when he came across three suspicious individuals near Crystal Grove Drive. He stopped to question them and at that point, the details become foggy, but what is certain is Crispin was gravely wounded.

He managed to call for backup, and was found unresponsive by officers rushing to the scene. This is something no officer ever wants to deal with but is trained as a professional to handle.

We can't emphasize enough how much law enforcement officers are just the sheepherders in our society. Taking out frustrations on them, attacking them, or trying to kill them isn't how you change the law.

As a society, we are slipping into a "Police State" because the politicians at the helm are dictating more and more regulation and we are letting it happen. The Penal System is a huge business now and it's obvious the statistics aren't lying when you see men in jail for even the silliest of crimes, that don't justify our tax dollars to keep them locked up. 

Just today, Reuters released a story about how almost one third of America's young adults have been arrested. That is a staggering number.

Now, when an office stumbles upon a group of thugs, whom he clearly and correctly observed as being up to no good, they should have admitted to any wrong doing and suffered whatever little consequence they would have faced.

They turned what could have been a simple infraction, a possession charge, or driving with a suspended license fine, into an attempted homicide of an officer of the law. This is the worse possible scenario in any case. And an idiotic decision.

This tragedy was completely avoidable and now the life of a young law enforcement officer is in danger, as are the lives of the young men involved in this.

The mother of Kyle Williams was able to negotiate him turning himself in. Obviously an effort to prevent any sort of rash situation or retaliation on the part of the police. 

Information on the two other men involved has not been released.