CA Monologue
Your honour, you have to believe me, I didn’t do it, and I didn’t take any
illegal drugs. Somebody must have placed the drugs on me when I wasn’t
looking. Why would I ruin my entire future by taking a drug that could
send me to jail or even kill me!
From the day I turned 18 I have never done any drugs, smoked cigarette
or drank alcohol and I have never thought about doing any of those this
ever. My family and I were just about to board our plane to go on holiday
when I was rudely interrupted and patted down just before I could board.
Before I could say anything, I was aggressively handcuffed and locked in a
prison cell not allowed to ask any questions or making any calls.
When I was small, my mother used to come home late at night high on
drugs not knowing what she was saying or doing. Sometimes she would
just go to sleep but most of the time she would hit my father and make
him have to deal with her shenanigans. This lead to my father divorcing
my mother and leaving us to start a whole new life. I swore never to take
any drugs so then maybe, just maybe, one day my family won’t have to
deal with what I had to deal with while I was growing up.
I’m not trying to win. I’m not doing this because I hate someone or
because I want to blame someone. I’m standing here saying what I am
because it’s right. If I don’t stand up today, good people will also get
taken from their families for many years. But if I fight for my rights and
we find the criminal then maybe just maybe some of those good people
don’t to deal with what I’m going through now.
Hey maybe there’s no point in any of this at all, but it’s the best I can do
and I will stand here and fight until it kills me. Who I am is where I stand.
Where I stand is where I fall. But no matter what happens your honour I
will always love those closest to me.