Protestors and Police ? continued Energy crisis(2)
As we all know, there was a peaceful (that turned not so peaceful when the police tried to disperse the crowd) protest that was staged near KLCC. I, however, unfortunately didn't have the chance to attend (due to my overdue road tax, I cannot drive to KL from Perak).
While the major (TheStar) newspaper did a slight coverage and report on the fuel + electricity hike protest. The report does not seem to reflect the true incident that happened that fateful day with just a mentioned of QUOTE from TheStar" At about 11am when the protest grew rowdy, police used a water cannon on demonstrators who refused to disperse. "
According to HarakahDaily.net, there is more to it then it meets the eye. The police force, armed with shields, helicopter, batons and water cannons came and clash with the protestors while trying to disperse them.
There is nothing wrong with the police trying to disperse a rowdy crowd, but it is the amount of violence used when dispersing a crowd which are a concerned. Newton's Third Law of Motion states in wikipedia and I QUOTE "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction." I do not condemn the use of force by to stop rowdy crowds but rather I approve the use of correct amount of force to stop and disperse. Now came the question, how much force is the "correct" force and when does it becomes an excessive force? I do claim that I have the answers to that but rather let us all ponder on that question. Do we know how hard it is for a police to disperse a crowd?
Ponder this, a policeman/woman ask you to disperse from an illegal gathering in a public place, but then you feel that you do not have to because it is a public place, what is wrong with standing in a public place(the police don't own the place but neither do you)? What can the policeman/woman do to make you leave?
I agree that there may exist some protestors which are out of line and became too emotional (temporary irrationality) and may have threw the first punch on the police team. The use of excessive force by the police came up when reports from HarakahDaily.net and Malaysiakini that Zahir Hassan, the secretary general of KeAdilan was assaulted when he tried to protect his family members.
The use excessive force continues to haunt the image police force. With no clear policy change in sight for crowd dispersion, I believe the use excessive force by the police force in certain area are here to stay.
While the major (TheStar) newspaper did a slight coverage and report on the fuel + electricity hike protest. The report does not seem to reflect the true incident that happened that fateful day with just a mentioned of QUOTE from TheStar" At about 11am when the protest grew rowdy, police used a water cannon on demonstrators who refused to disperse. "
According to HarakahDaily.net, there is more to it then it meets the eye. The police force, armed with shields, helicopter, batons and water cannons came and clash with the protestors while trying to disperse them.
There is nothing wrong with the police trying to disperse a rowdy crowd, but it is the amount of violence used when dispersing a crowd which are a concerned. Newton's Third Law of Motion states in wikipedia and I QUOTE "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction." I do not condemn the use of force by to stop rowdy crowds but rather I approve the use of correct amount of force to stop and disperse. Now came the question, how much force is the "correct" force and when does it becomes an excessive force? I do claim that I have the answers to that but rather let us all ponder on that question. Do we know how hard it is for a police to disperse a crowd?
Ponder this, a policeman/woman ask you to disperse from an illegal gathering in a public place, but then you feel that you do not have to because it is a public place, what is wrong with standing in a public place(the police don't own the place but neither do you)? What can the policeman/woman do to make you leave?
I agree that there may exist some protestors which are out of line and became too emotional (temporary irrationality) and may have threw the first punch on the police team. The use of excessive force by the police came up when reports from HarakahDaily.net and Malaysiakini that Zahir Hassan, the secretary general of KeAdilan was assaulted when he tried to protect his family members.
The use excessive force continues to haunt the image police force. With no clear policy change in sight for crowd dispersion, I believe the use excessive force by the police force in certain area are here to stay.
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