america sucks
my wonderful friend juan camillo was thrown in jail yesterday because he bought beer for two ukrainian boys who are 20 years old. he was busted by an undercover police officer who lied to him, he told juan that if he ratted out the ukrainians, juan would be let free. so juan told him but was still arrested. we found out today that juan is lucky because his visa is not being affected, but he does have to leave dillingham.
this is such a ridiculous situation. why is the united states drinking age 21? everywhere else in the world it’s 18. these guys are not crazy drinkers, all they do is drink a little, chainsmoke and play soccer. they’re responsible but still have fun because that’s how their culture is. it’s the dillinghamers who get crazy and beat people up or rape women in the boat harbor when they’re drunk. juan is an incredible person, he’s kind and helpful and full of life and love. and worst of all, he came to dillingham to work! but none of them can because the fish aren’t here yet.
at this point, there’s nothing i can do and that makes me sad. i’m so frusterated by small town police who have nothing better to do than harass good, responsible people. i respect the law, so do all the people i’m living with, and so does juan who accepted his consequences. it’s just a really sad situation and i am extremely fed up with american culture.