It seems to me that the police are killing and arresting just about anyone they please.
Just in the past few weeks, the police killed a man they "suspected" to be a terrorist leader. After they killed him and rejoiced to the media of their capture, it was revealed that they killed a man who just happen to "look like" the terrorist leader.
A few days later, they killed Francis Xavier Manzano, and, again, ran to the media -- rejoicing that they just killed "suspected" carjackers. They were so proud that they gave a medal to one of their officers only a few hours after the incident. They're now finding out that they killed an innocent man who is "not" a carjacker and hates guns. To make matters worse, they're whole mistake was documented by 5 video cameras.
The following week, a group of innocent farmers sleeping on the side of the road were killed by the police. Like the incident with Francis Xavier Manzano, the police planted a gun on their scene and claimed to the media that they were suspected terrorists.
The head of the UNTV was arrested for what reason again?! Oh, I get it, for not selling out to the police corruption. Just because UNTV captured what really happened and was brave enough to show the public the truth, they're now harassed and arrested. What gives?!
Today, they arrested and jailed a "suspected" financier of a "suspected" carjacking gang, Jayjay de los Santos. This guy stepped up to clear his name, that he's not a financier, and let the people know that he knew one of the men killed to be a good person.
Anyone see a trend here, or is it just me?! Seems to me that the police got a Martial Law memo without letting the public know.
Nobody is above the Law, these kids were suppose to be given due process but they were brutaly murdered by some PNP-TMG men. What is the President doing about it? If it was the President's son who was brutaly murdered in the Ortigas RUBOUT what do you think she would do? I know in my heart that Francis was innocent and did not deserve to die in this manner " MARTIAL LAW STYLE"
ReplyDeleteGood question! I have NO IDEA what the President is doing about this. It was on the very top of all the news for 2 weeks and on the frontpage of newspapers. Is she hoping that this incident would just die down and be swept under the rug?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, this is her opportunity to do good for the people. Mrs. President.... Gloria... impress us.... give Francis Xavier Manzano the justice he deserves!
Philippine NewsLink (www.philnews)posted this topic on its webpage on Nov. 18 and we received numerous emails condemning this brutal attack by Philippine police. The article is still online with a link to the actual UNTV video at http://www.philnews.com/zza.html and we are looking at doing a follow-up editorial soon - philnews.com
ReplyDeleteNobody is above the law? PROVE IT! Prove it by giving those TMG men exactly what they deserve. Prove it by showing that the those who enforce the law are not above it.
ReplyDelete....who am i kidding? We're in the Philippines and Gloria is in charge. Justice had a better chance when Marcos was in the driver's seat. This isn't Martial law...it's worse. At least during Martial Law, we had some idea of who would get killed/emprisoned next because of what they did. Now, it's just random killling sprees...all legal.
Weep, my friends, weep.