To The Court of Public Opinion:

To think that the Ghana Police/Military do not know of any less dangerous crowd dispersal method than murderous ones especially crowd shooting, is not only shameful but disturbingly worrisome..

Sadly often, the famous question being asked by some individuals who unfortunately perceive themselves omniscient, hence having superior thinking capacity remains "who sent them there"?

Even at polling stations when supposed officers of the law shoot unarmed citizens, you'll definitely get a crop of fool- soldiers to query victims.

I am not too sure if it is a crime for individuals to have keen interest in who they choose to become their leaders. I am again not so sure if it is against rule of law for citizens to have peaceful demonstrations to register their utmost displeasure in a particular national issue.

If that's the case, then they should equally question the journalists, independent, local and international observers who sent them to these same scenes to observe the processes.

Primarily, the presence of the security forces whose salaries are being paid with our taxes, give assurance of safety to voters and protestants. So therefore people mounts interest to become part of such processes taking into consideration of how peaceful previous elections and picketing have been.

So when it turns out that the presence of the former rather poses great threat to citizens, then the institution and the system must be questioned not innocent unarmed citizens.

Such continuous bad news greeting both local and international news outlets are gradually fading out our long preserved democratic credentials and negates our maximum efforts at consolidating our gains in sustaining peace, stability and progress.

Instead of pinpointing the enemy antics, the first port of call must be finding out the causative agents in this crises and prescribing appropriate medication to remedy the issues, both lurking and overt.

Until then, let stop blaming citizens for being victims of police and military (deliberate or mistaken) unprofessionalism.

Tswa ne omanye abla w)!!!

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