Newsapaper letter: [Police] ‘Violence can’t be justified’

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Letters
Violence can’t be justified

October 06, 2007 Edition 1

From: Mnikelo Ndabankulu Durban

The article by Carvin Goldstone (The Independent on Saturday, September 29) allowed all to see who fools who when the police say they arrest marchers and charge them for public violence.

In the photograph, you can see the man in the red shirt, with his arms folded, with nothing in his hands such as stones or sticks. So how do we justify this violence?

I think it’s high time our busy judges’ time is used on serious cases, not these destabilising strategies.

To add salt to the wounds, they did not take notice of the protest from the people and respected church leaders from different denominations, such as the Methodist Bishop P Malinga; Rev T Dlazi, Rev P Phillipo from Italy based in the Roman Catholic church in Mgungundlovu, Pastor Mavuso and Pastor Dlamini, to mention a few.

Their presence was rewarded by having their clothing, cellphones and digital cameras drenched by water cannon.

What a bad attitude shown to our church leaders by the police in this instance.