My friend, the photographer Gary, came to the restaurant for a tacu tacu of lima beans with a fried fish on top, salad and, to drink, a fresh chicha morada. “María, Peru must be perhaps the only country in the world where police and military are disrespected with astonishing ease.
In the streets for a long time they have been unfairly shouted ‘murderers’, which is paradoxical, since they were the ones who put up their chests and offered their lives in the bloody years of the terror of Shining Path and the MRTA.
A large number of policemen and soldiers died to restore peace to us, to prevent the genocidal Abimael Guzman and his fanatical hosts seize power. The well-being that a large number of Peruvians enjoy today is largely due to the uniformed. That there are bad people among them is not disputed.
As there are also among lawyers, doctors, journalists, teachers, taxi drivers and others. But not for those few we are going to say that all are equal. Police officers who commit crimes must be tried and punished.
But we can’t be mean to our law enforcement. They put the face before and they are doing it now. Right now they are accused of the dozens of deaths that occurred in the protests, but as I already said, each case must be investigated and if there are culprits, they must be convicted.
It does seem unfair to me that if they are savagely attacked, as has been seen in regions where they are thrown stones with huaracas that kill, hazelnuts with explosives and are even burned alive, they are prevented from protecting themselves as the law empowers them. Unfair, abusive and inhumane.
Let’s imagine that our father is one of those policemen, what would we feel? I heard leftist Chilean President Gabriel Boric say at the Celac summit that ‘people who go out to march, to demand what they consider fair, end up being shot by those who should defend them.’
It is a huge lie that describes his moral quality. He wants the world to believe that people who walk peacefully on the streets are gunned down by genocidal policemen.
He cleverly avoids saying that at least a large part of those unfortunate deaths occurred when violent groups burned down police stations with police officers inside, premises of the Judiciary and the Public Ministry and tried to take over airports with blood and fire, leaving hundreds of troops seriously injured. even with explosives.
Each of the deaths, including that of police hero José Luis Soncco Quispe, burned alive by hundreds of radicals in Juliaca, must be investigated. Let’s be fair and grateful to our police and soldiers, as they continue to risk their lives to restore peace to the country. Many times they sleep outdoors and can’t even eat to fulfill their mission.” Gary is right. I’m leaving, take care.
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