By Atty. Howie Calleja
This is not a broad generalization that all cops are bad. In fact, there are genuinely good, trustworthy, and honest men and women in uniform, just like there are also bad people who can be on either side of the equation.
However, when you have a Chief of Police who does not care about government-imposed quarantine rules and regulations and deliberately violates the same, coupled with cops convicted of killing innocent civilians like Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz, and Reynaldo de Guzman; and a senior police officer with two previously dismissed cases of homicide and now facing a double murder, what does this give us? Bad policemen and an administration that condones extrajudicial killings – a recipe for disaster.
I think I speak for all the people when I demand justice for Sonya and Frank, full accountability of Nuezca, and the application of the rule of law to its fullest extent, rather than the law of men which has been plaguing our society. As of the time of this writing, there is another reported incident of murder committed by the members of the police force. It is imperative that policemen stop blaming the victims of this state-sanctioned violence, and the use of brute force when there is no justification is one of the problems that should be addressed. Clearly, there is a need for reform with the police system, and there is an urgent need to start working towards giving the victims the justice they rightfully deserve. When police blame the victims of the unjust system, such only encourages and perpetuates this culture of impunity, and it is high time that an end is put to this.
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