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THERE is no glory in taking the life of an innocent civilian in the guise of performing one’s legitimate duty.
And if a policeman is accused of killing an 18-year old boy and accusing him of “nanlaban” during an illegal cockfighting raid then we should not look the other way but collectively condemn such barbaric act.
Edwin Arnigo, who was reportedly within the autism spectrum, went out of his house in Barangay Lingunan, Valenzuela City on Sunday to buy ice candy when Master Sergeant Christopher Salcedo picked him up and shot him near the homeowner’s office.
Witnesses said Salcedo and his “cohorts,” Corporals Kenneth Pacheco, Rex Paredes and Rodel Villar, dragged Arnigo’s bloodied body inside the tupada site, took his T-shirt off, and did not allow the boy’s relatives to bring him to the hospital after he was shot at close range.
Published May 27, 2021, 12:48 PM
The police chief of Valenzuela City has assured the public of fair investigation into the death of an 18-year-old person with special needs who was killed allegedly by one of his men in an illegal tupada or cockfighting raid.
Lt. Col. Ramchrisen Haveria gave the assurance as the city police station started its own investigation on the criminal charges filed against Staff Master Sergeant Christopher Salcedo even as the National Bureau of Investigation has already been tapped to probe the case.
“Nakita naman po ninyo…napakahigpit po ng ating chief PNP (Philippine National Police) pati po itong kasama sa NCRPO (National Capital Region Police Office)… Ang aming regional director, napakahigpit po nyan (You can see how strict our PNP chief and NCRPO director are.),” Haveria said in TeleRadyo interview Thursday.
By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News
Published May 26, 2021 1:09am We in the PWD Philippines community mourn the loss of yet another innocent soul to the missteps of those who should have known better, read the statement issued by the Organizations for Pinoys with Disabilities Inc. The Organizations for Pinoys with Disabilities Inc. appealed to the Philippine National Police (PNP) to provide their personnel with persons with disabilities (PWD) awareness and sensitivity training following the killing of an 18-year-old boy with special needs. The group issued a statement as they mourned the death of Edwin Arnigo, who was shot dead by a policeman during an illegal cockfight operation in Valenzuela City.