Why a child saying ‘my father is a policeman’ is a symptom of a bigger problem

On Dec. 20, Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca of the Parañaque City Police Crime Lab shot two of his neighbors dead in Tarlac after a brief argument. The victims, 52-year-old Sonya Gregorio and 25-year-old Frank Anthony Gregorio, are mother and son confronted in their own backyard by Nuezca over the improvised firecracker that they lit. This altercation was caught on camera, which was then posted on social media and earned the ire of many netizens.

Sure, what she said and did was wrong, and we are all in utter disbelief that a child sees being a police officer as a privilege instead of duty, but isn’t this a mere mirror of what’s actually happening in our country? Yes, this kid needs to know better, but we’re literally focusing on the wrong thing.

— Inquirer December 21, 2020 Let’s not forget the fatal shooting of former Army Cpl. Winston Ragos in April. The rampant culture of impunity and perpetuation of violence in the country must have also encouraged unknown gunmen to kill Anakpawis chair, activist and peace consultant Randy Echanis in August, and red-tagged health officer Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan earlier this December.

LOOK: Jonel Nuezca, the police officer who shot dead his two neighbors, a mother and her son, in Paniqui, Tarlac, surrendered to the Rosales Municipal Police Station.— Inquirer December 21, 2020 On the evening of Dec. 20, Nuezca surrendered to authorities. He is now detained at Tarlac’s Paniqui Municipal Police Office. According to Paniqui police station Lt. Col.

“She shouts at them as if they should be afraid and lay out the red carpet for her father. Her father is a policeman but he is wrong and she should know this. Who will teach this child and undo whatever corrupted values she’s already learned?” writes feminist artist Nikki Luna in a Facebook post—and she expresses exactly what we want to say.

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