Just a Small Police Mistake???
As everybody else, I'm scared about terrorism. I lived the worst years of the terrorist groups Shinning Path and MRTA in Peru, and I know what's to live frightened about what could happen next. And yes, some police brutality has also happened there. And I always thought (gullible me!) that American and British police always did better. But that was up to today. As some of you may know, London Police killed by mistake a Brazilian citizen after the last London bombings. They told us that this guy had been running and that he didn't stop when police ordered him to do so. And so they shut. But new information has been known today, and it appears that this guy didn't run from the police and that he actually did respond when they shouted “Police!” by standing up (he was seated in the train reading a newspaper) and going TO them (not running from them). He was not wearing the bulky winter jacket we were told, but a light denim one. And he was shut. Eight times. Seven on the head and one on the shoulder. He died immediately. If you want to read more about that, click here.
There's a second case, this time about a Peruvian living in USA, who was subdued with pepper spray while being arrested because of an old transit ticket (for not wearing a seat belt!). He stopped breathing and now he's in coma...
Times are difficult, I know, and police officers are suffering from stress. Is this guy a terrorist? Maybe I should shut and then ask. American and British governments say that they're investigating the mistakes. Because they think those were just small mistakes on the war against terrorism...
You know what bothers me most? That 15 years ago Amnesty international, Americas Watch, Human Rights Watch and others made high noise about things like these happening in my country. USA and other governments used to listen to them, and put Peru on their Black List. But now, that these same things happen on their own backyards, they argue that “these are no more than just small mistakes”.
Is this fair?
There's a second case, this time about a Peruvian living in USA, who was subdued with pepper spray while being arrested because of an old transit ticket (for not wearing a seat belt!). He stopped breathing and now he's in coma...
Times are difficult, I know, and police officers are suffering from stress. Is this guy a terrorist? Maybe I should shut and then ask. American and British governments say that they're investigating the mistakes. Because they think those were just small mistakes on the war against terrorism...
You know what bothers me most? That 15 years ago Amnesty international, Americas Watch, Human Rights Watch and others made high noise about things like these happening in my country. USA and other governments used to listen to them, and put Peru on their Black List. But now, that these same things happen on their own backyards, they argue that “these are no more than just small mistakes”.
Is this fair?
4 Comments:
US put so many labels on us (Malaysia), they labelled us non-transparent, corrupt, crony, racism, etc..
Look at their backyard, full of dead bodies.
We Malaysian never walk on the street with gun. Our stores open until 10pm, out food stalls open until 3 am. We drink and eat happily until the wee hours. We never worry about being shot.
Please come to Malaysia, and u know what i mean
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Eddie, at 2:21 PM
Er, Eddie, have you been reading the newspapers lately?
AL
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Anonymous, at 4:09 PM
AL, I meant in general.
tell me, who carry guns around except the policeman in Msia
Eddie
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Anonymous, at 12:14 AM
you dont need guns to kill ppl eddie, or do horrible things, as had been proven many times over.
the terrorists of 9/11 did not use any guns
AL
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Anonymous, at 4:49 PM
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