WHEN police brutality targets members of the Fourth Estate, it becomes very difficult even for the most proficient public relations practitioner to put a spin to it.
No doubt, the police play an indispensable part in society. Without them, crime, violence and other vices would spiral out of control; creating something akin to a jungle where only one rule applies — survival of the fittest.
In as much as society needs police, the reverse is equally true. For both to benefit from each other, they have to be mutual respect. In Zimbabwe’s case, the police doesn’t appear to be doing much to earn that respect, if events of the past week are anything to go by.
Seven journalists were severely assaulted while covering a protest march over bond notes last week, among them Idah Mhetu, of the Financial Gazette. The vicious and unprovoked attack on protesters, including journalists, is not just doing the police a huge disservice, but the country as a whole.
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Source : The Financial Gazette
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