Officer says police kill 58 suspects

By Ani Schroeter- Partner Sydney Hiatt
Source: http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=875516&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng

A Kenyan policeman stated on video that he witnessed fellow police officers execute 58 suspects instead of arresting them. After the video was released he was killed.

The Kenya National Commission demand that Country Police Chief, Mohammed Hussein Ali, should be required to resign and and there should be a full investigation of all the killings. Ali has been police chief for five years.

Another police officer, Police Constable Bernard Kiriinya also stated on the video that he witnessed 58 killings within a year, mostly ordered by Ali. Four months lafter the video was released Kiriinya was killed.

Hassan Omar Hassan, Vice Chairman of the Commission, believes that the police are behind all the killings. Hassan said Ali should resign to allow investigations because Kiriinya's testimony "alarmingly reveals that at its most extreme the Kenya police may be a highly corrupt criminal racket and that the police and organized crime may be one and the same."

So far no action has taken place to initiate an investigation, but Hassan says they plan to in the near future.

I chose this article because I think it's really interesting and important. Right now many innocent people are being killed by their own police because they are thought to be guilty. No one should feel like they can't trust their own goverment. Everyone should have the right of due process to prove their innocence and not fear that they will be killed just because they are suspected of a crime. That's why I agree that Ali should be forced to resign.