Not all extra-judicial killings are done by policemen
The problem with generalizations in our reasoning and in making conclusions is that it is a fallacy, a twisted kind of argumentation that cannot persuade a rational mind. The temptation to blame the police officers and men for all the socalled summary executions is a temptation indeed to commit this fallacy, to propagate fallacious argumentation that may mislead people and perpetuate falsehoods.
If there are rascals in police uniforms, they should be charged, prosecuted and if found guilty, in a court of law, themaximum penalty of the law should be imposed upon them to its full extent, also with the accessory punishments of perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Until death, they can never run for public office, nor be ever eligible for appointment to any government post.
Of course, it is stupid to say as well that all policemen are good, ( for that would be a reverse kind of generalization ) much less can we say that all members of the police force are pure, immaculate, blameless and completely without stain. For indeed, a number of policemen have gone astray. Some have compromised their oath of office due to the pressures of financial difficulties and the temptations always being poised by the purveyors of illegal drugs, gambling and other syndicates engaged in kidnapping for ransom, syndicated estafa, illegal recruitment and trafficking in person of women, minors and migrant workers, it is not fair as well to grant a blanket absolution to all policemen. The proper statement should be: Not all policemen are bad but neither all policemen are good.
The truth of the matter is that the vast majority of the officers and men are men and women of integrity, of honor and of reason. If there are scalawags, they constitute a small minority. Not even more than 10 percent of the total force. The overwhelming majority are doing their jobs faithfully despite the difficulties in their day-to-day operations. They are underpaid, overworked, not adequately supported with sufficient logistics and equipment, and are subjected to all forms of hazards to life, security, health. Not only those, these much beleaguered policemen and their respective families suffer so much anguish, so much pains and embarrassments whenever unfair accusations are thrown at them. Their children are being sneered at, bullied, and ridiculed in schools and workplaces.
But then again, a few misguided elements in the police have inflicted too much damage in the reputation of the entire police force. If found guilty, after due process, they should be punished to the full extent of the law. But there are enough empirical data in the office of the president, we were told by the chief executive himself, as well as anecdotal evidence that the drug syndicates themselves are fomenting the series of summary executions (that may include those of Kian, Carl, and Kolot ) with the strategy of blaming them on the police. The greatest beneficiaries if the police are besmirched are the drug lords and the drug syndicates. We should not allow this line of arguments. Rational minds should resist the blanket desecration of the good name of the police.