The term #PulisAngTerrorista (Police are terrosists) trended on Twitter Tuesday morning following the shooting and killing of another civilian by a police officer in just a month. #PulisAngTerrorista made it to the top list of Twitter trends, with at least 17,100 tweets as of noon, after Master Ser
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‘Kill-kill-kill mindset’ caused police officer to kill grandmother, rights groups say
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Human rights groups expressed alarm at the spate of killings of civilians by police officers, with Karapatan calling for a system change within State security forces.
Following the killing of a 52-year old grandmother by a police sergeant in Fairview, Quezon City Monday night, Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said a dangerous mindset ails many among security forces in the country.
“How many more should die, before it is acknowledged that the system that drives State security forces to kill civilians needs to be changed?” Palabay asked.
The hashtag "#PulisAngTerorista" landed on local Twitter's trending list on Tuesday morning after Filipino online users learned another incident of police
“I don’t want to preempt the investigations being conducted on the case, particularly that of the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation),” the PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar said. “We will accept and abide by any findings of the NBI and of the IAS (Internal Affairs Service) in the case. In the meantime it would be prudent to wait for the outcome of the investigations being conducted,” he added.
Another witness to the shooting of a teenager with special needs in Valenzuela has appeared before authorities to explain whether the victim was part of another