Policing a pandemic: Philippines still stuck with drug war blueprint

The victims in less developed areas were all, in the language of cops, “chanced upon” in checkpoints and patrols.

Not all have been arrested. Most of the incidents led to enforcers warning violators — a total of 104,073. Some 9,209 have been fined, while 38,817 have been arrested. Prior to its signing, cops had to wait for local government units to pass ordinances that penalize quarantine violators before they could make arrests.

Since the lockdown began on March 15, the CHR has been on the receiving end of complaints through its hotlines, emails, and social media accounts. This is where the challenge arises from, according to CHR, when the concept of human rights continues to be “largely misunderstood and underappreciated” by those in power.

Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates chairperson Nymia Simbulan, meanwhile, believes that the role of the military and police in the coronavirus pandemic should not have been this big. Take for example the constant use of the rhetoric of war, according to Simbulan, which only justifies the blatant show of force in the form of deployment of police and military in areas where they are not normally seen.

DEPLOYMENT. Two police officers man a control point as Sampaloc district is placed under hard lockdown on April 23, 2020. Photo by Angie de Silva/RapplerUnder quarantine, the Philippine National Police uses the same operational procedures as when it deals with criminals, but with a different goal in mind.

Same script rappler wala nabang iba? Juice ko mamatay nlng mga readers niyo same padin binabasa nila hahaha

Same tabloid same bullshit...

So what would you do to make people stay home? The drug war is in its 4th year already. You have been complaining about it, but have not given any alternatives….Maybe we could be more like your American friends?

Same president, same approach.

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