Fikile Mbalula, SA Minister, Tells Police To "Shoot The Bastards", Days After 3-Year-Old Shot

BBC:

South Africa's deputy police minister has stood by his force's tough, shoot-to-kill policy, days after a three-year-old boy was shot dead by officers.

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Comments

[Rand]

Hurrah for the revolution
And more cannon-shot!
The beggar on horseback
Lashes the beggar on foot

Hurrah for the revolution
And cannon come again!
The beggars have changed places
But the lash goes on

Wiliam Butler Yeats, 1922

[punkindmb]

All this after their major push to get tourists to visit their country.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

Sounds like the cops are doing a lot of the murdering as well. What a shıtty country.

[jws2346]

Err.., that's like they said "a tough nut to crack", but with all the bad stuff happening in America I think we should just mind our own business.

[TXfemmom]

The police should be as careful as possible. In a country with 50 murders a day, when it is much smaller than the United States, the violence must require some tough police and tactics and the public should be as very cautious as possible when they know criminals are around.

As here in the United States, people in the neighborhoods know who the bad people are.

[CoronaDischarge]

A wholly regrettable situation. Yes, what a tragic loss, but the issue of violence is not going away by being nice about it. It's not clear what options will work with the forces they have. At least race is apparently not a complicating factor.

50 killings a day. What a place.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

"...what a tragic loss, BUT..."

[Balzac]

Anyone who calls others "bastard" without a friendly smile on their face is asking for their comeuppance.