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The "death squads" or criminals that you are referring too are already part of the police several presidency before Duterte took office. Some of them are involv

by jister 9y ago

The "death squads" or criminals that you are referring too are already part of the police several presidency before Duterte took office. Some of them are involve in drugs and have been killing before Duterte came so why are you blaming the president now?

jinonoel 9y ago
Because back then we didn't have a president that encouraged cops to just kill: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/07/02/1598740/duterte-pnp-kill-1000-ill-protect-you http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/07/02/1598740/duterte... Or congratulated cops after they killed 58 people during drug raids in a single week: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544128734/-that-s-good-philippine-president-says-as-drug-raids-kill-unprecedented-numbers https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544128734.... Those drug raids lead to the CCTV footage of cops executing an unarmed 16-year old kid who was already in handcuffs, btw. Or has repeatedly vowed to pardon and ask for the reinstatement of the cops that have been charged with the murder of a drug lord inside his jail cell in the middle of the night: http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/17/duterte-vows-anew-to-pardon-promote-cops-who-killed-espinosa http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/17/duterte-vows-anew-to-p.... Those cops are now free on bail
- jister 9y ago
  "And if there is a resistance that would place your life in jeopardy, then by all means shoot and shoot him dead. That is my order" To defend the people is one of the basic duty of all police here and abroad so what's wrong with that? That's the message of the first article that you linked. Of course he will congratulate his men about putting their lives on the line for you and others. Plus of course his usual rhetoric (did you take that seriously?) We all want those policemen found guilty of crimes to be in jail. But did you ever think of who will replace them? You want the military to uphold the law just like back in the martial law days in the 80's? We have a deteriorating police force for a very long time but thanks to Duterte there are a lot of new recruits today. I see them training every day on my way to work.
  - jinonoel 9y ago
    I assume those policemen would be replaced by other cops that HAVEN'T been found guilty of crimes yet, which isn't going to happen if Duterte keeps protecting dirty cops right? No I don't want the military to be upholding the law, and I hope you do not too. Which is funny because Duterte has enforced martial law in the whole of Mindanao to quell a conflict in a single city which he himself has declared as already liberated back in October, and now there are rumblings of extending martial law to 2018. Doesn't that alarm you?
  - anigbrowl 9y ago
    Well, there's lots of people who make excuses for police murdering people in the US too. Eventually the scale of the corruption and malfeasance becomes clear and then you'll say you were against these death squads from the beginning.
anigbrowl 9y ago
First you say there are no death squads, not at all no way, no you're saying those people were already in the police. When someone's story keeps changing like that it's always a bad sign.

by jister 9y ago

jinonoel 9y ago

Because back then we didn't have a president that encouraged cops to just kill: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/07/02/1598740/duterte-pnp-kill-1000-ill-protect-you http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/07/02/1598740/duterte... Or congratulated cops after they killed 58 people during drug raids in a single week: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544128734/-that-s-good-philippine-president-says-as-drug-raids-kill-unprecedented-numbers https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/17/544128734.... Those drug raids lead to the CCTV footage of cops executing an unarmed 16-year old kid who was already in handcuffs, btw. Or has repeatedly vowed to pardon and ask for the reinstatement of the cops that have been charged with the murder of a drug lord inside his jail cell in the middle of the night: http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/17/duterte-vows-anew-to-pardon-promote-cops-who-killed-espinosa http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/17/duterte-vows-anew-to-p.... Those cops are now free on bail

jister 9y ago
"And if there is a resistance that would place your life in jeopardy, then by all means shoot and shoot him dead. That is my order" To defend the people is one of the basic duty of all police here and abroad so what's wrong with that? That's the message of the first article that you linked. Of course he will congratulate his men about putting their lives on the line for you and others. Plus of course his usual rhetoric (did you take that seriously?) We all want those policemen found guilty of crimes to be in jail. But did you ever think of who will replace them? You want the military to uphold the law just like back in the martial law days in the 80's? We have a deteriorating police force for a very long time but thanks to Duterte there are a lot of new recruits today. I see them training every day on my way to work.
- jinonoel 9y ago
  I assume those policemen would be replaced by other cops that HAVEN'T been found guilty of crimes yet, which isn't going to happen if Duterte keeps protecting dirty cops right? No I don't want the military to be upholding the law, and I hope you do not too. Which is funny because Duterte has enforced martial law in the whole of Mindanao to quell a conflict in a single city which he himself has declared as already liberated back in October, and now there are rumblings of extending martial law to 2018. Doesn't that alarm you?
- anigbrowl 9y ago
  Well, there's lots of people who make excuses for police murdering people in the US too. Eventually the scale of the corruption and malfeasance becomes clear and then you'll say you were against these death squads from the beginning.

anigbrowl 9y ago

First you say there are no death squads, not at all no way, no you're saying those people were already in the police. When someone's story keeps changing like that it's always a bad sign.