Criminals having a field day under lockdown

I CANNOT believe that during a global epidemic, when our country has been declared a State of Disaster and is in lockdown with a huge police presence and tightly restricted movement, criminals are allowed to manoeuvre and commit heinous crimes.

Seven men are appearing in a Verulam court for the murder of a matric pupil who allegedly stole liquor from his cousin’s tavern. Seven men were shot in the head during a drug war in the South Coast last week.

On Monday, a 6-year-old girl was kidnapped in Umhlali and her body found in the sugar cane fields. Her mother was arrested. A Cape Town father and his 2-year old son were caught in a drive-by shooting. The evening news is bursting with heists at pension payout points.

And our government wants to release 19 000 prisoners to ease the parasitic prison population. Our parolee policy is flawed. Criminals are having a field day.

America is on fire because a black man, George Floyd, was killed by white policemen in Minneapolis. A metro policeman gunned down a harmless civilian, Sibusiso Amos, in Vosloorus in March, which was followed by the SANDF killing Collins Khosa in his backyard. There has been no bellicosity, no casus belli from the Amos or Khosa families and their supporters. Perhaps it is because of the black-onblack violence factor?

It is also surprising that some Capetonians are lending support to the Black Lives Matter campaign in the aftermath of Floyd’s death. There has been no vocal support for the deaths of Amos and Khosa. Interesting.