Thursday, February 28, 2013

Government to buy 100,000 new pistols for police

Associated Press

Egypt to Buy Pistols for its Low-Ranking Cops After 5-Day Strike Demanding Firepower




An Egyptian security official said Saturday that the interior ministry has agreed to purchase 100,000 new 9mm pistols after low-ranking policemen went on strike demanding greater firepower to defend themselves against increased lawlessness.

The announcement ended five days of strikes by thousands of low-ranking policemen that threatened to further unravel security in the Arab world’s most populous nation, two years after the overthrow of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

It is also likely to provoke a new wave of criticism against the interior ministry by rights groups and activists who accuse police of using excessive force against unarmed protesters and carrying out the same brutal tactics of the former regime.

Allegations of torture at the hands of police persist, and around 70 people have been killed in nationwide protests in just the past three weeks. Rights groups allege that police are still operating with impunity.
 

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Yes, because the best way to deal with crime is to buy thousands of more guns, and put them in the hands of a brutal, corrupt and unaccountable police force. Morsi's dictatorship is thus encouraging its criminals (in uniforms) to commit even more crimes and kill even more civilians!
JC

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