I WRITE to you with a sad face and a very devastated heart after reading such terrible news of our police behaviour on a daily basis.
I have not been outside the country, but what I hear is that our police force is one of the worst, if not the most terrible. And come to think that I, at one stage of my life growing up as a kid had this dream of being a police officer to protect and defend the defenceless and vulnerable who can’t protect themselves against any form of crime, just makes me sick to the stomach. I believe from the day I was born, I had this ‘defend, protect and safeguard those who can’t’, instilled in me.
But what’s happening in our country is slowly killing that burning fire in some of us. Police brutality and police misconduct stories are amongst other reasons why I shy away from print media.
I have never experienced any brutality or misconduct from the men [and women] in blue, as I try by all means to avoid them since I have developed a hatred towards them. Even though my job, as a security officer, requires that I work with them.
In the township, and almost everywhere I travel, I constantly see South Africans being unfairly treated and harassed by these ‘thugs in uniform’.
Meanwhile, those in authority tell us about identification cards – as if these cops are going to produce that when they are about to mistreat you.
It’s the anger I’ve come to develop over the years that made me respond to this article.
