MUCHINDU WORRIED ABOUT TREND OF POLICE KÎLLING SUSPECTED CRIMINALS
Zambia Corruption Prevention Watchdog Executive Director, Jonathan Muchindu, has expressed worry over the trend by police officers in fatally shooting suspected criminals.
His comment follows last week’s shooting to death of four suspected car hijackers in Lusaka.
Muchindu told Byta FM News that with Zambia having abolished the death penalty, it is unfortunate and unacceptable for law enforcement agencies to gun down suspects.
He stated that if a suspect tries to escape during an arrest, police officers can still incapacitate them without resulting in death so they can be brought before courts.
Meanwhile, Lusaka-based Human Rights Activist, Temwani Moono, said it is sad that killing suspects by the Zambia Police is becoming normal.
He stated the act defies the principle of innocent until proven guilty by the judiciary.
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That’s the biggest problem with the so called educated human rights proprietars. In all honesty these people tend to protect wrong doers ignoring the harm and danger these criminals pose to innocent people.
That’s I always insist that human rights have brought more harm than good.
Just wait until your rights are violated one day… and you will remember that there are human rights!
Imwe what nonsense is this. You are protecting ba pompwes. Untill they hold you at gun point and grab your expensive car or gun you down and get away with it.
Robber should never be given room to practice their evil acts…NO!
These Chaps should be shot on sight NO mercy. Police are doing fine! Remember the flying squad on the CopperBelt during Chiluba regime. There never tolerated such robbery nonsense.
I propose an introduction of the same and procure a Helicopter for them.
These human right activists are giving right to criminals who rob and kill us: Is it there right to kill and rob which they are protecting?
RUNBISH! Police are doing fine to shoot on sight. If the Police relax they be finished by these robbers.