Sasolburg riots

Flanders said:
Is it becoming apparent that the old means of addressing this sort of problem were perhaps not so oppressive and inhumane after all with regard to maintaining law and order? The proof of the pudding is in the eating...and we be eating alright. What's the excuse now?

I say shoot the fsckers. How long must this continue unabated?
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Couldn't agree more!!
 
Very much of the opinion after reading a few stories and watching a few videos, that the only language these savages will understand is violence, and the police need to retaliate hard.. there needs to be a consequence for this type of behaviour, and it needs to be a brutal consequence.
 
The government will save the live ammo for the etoll protests.
 
Man shot dead in Sasolburg protests...

Sasolburg - A man was allegedly shot dead by a motorist during violent protests in Zamdela, Sasolburg on Tuesday, Free State police said.

Provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Khela Sithole said that according to the incidents reported, the community had obstructed a motorist while he was driving by.

"That citizen reacted by taking out a gun and shot at the ground; unfortunately one of the community members was wounded," Sithole said.

He later received the report that the man had died in hospital.

Police were investigating.

Meanwhile, police say the protests have spread to Heilbron, near Sasolburg, according to RSG.

About 200 pople have gathered and caused disruptions in the Phiritona area.

According to reports, at least two shops and police vehicles have been damaged.
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Kosmik said:
Sad aint it. If there was any a reason to use lethal force it should be the prevention of the overrunning of a police station where a mob can arm themselves.
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Precisely what I was thinking.

You besiege the police station, you get live ammo directed at you in large quantities. Assault on Precinct 13 comes to mind in a way.
 
thestaggy said:
And one was reportedly killed by a motorist who fired at protestors. The police claim the shot was fired into the ground but hit a protestor who then died in hospital.

This government better get a grip.
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They have a firm grip. Either on the nearest penis or the nearest breast.
 
A few quotes;

Asked why they were looting shops if their anger was directed at the municipality, Ndlovu (protester) said: "Because we can. We are not stealing we are taking ... the government will replace this stuff anyway and I need stuff like beer."

"The police can send many more armoured cars and pigs [police] - we will kill and destroy them all.

"We have guns and are not afraid to shoot ... just look at the police van we shot at today," said Henry Tshabalala

"We confirm that we fired live ammunition at protesters but that was because many shot at police," Kareli said.

"The government must know that if they do not give us what we want we will make this province ungovernable. No one will ever work here again. No child will ever go to school here again. We will burn and destroy everything," she said. As raw as you can get.
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Criminals. Criminals predisposed to commit murder & destruction. I'd roll in and f#ck them up if they want to behave like this. There is a time to molly-coddle the people and then there is a time to show them just how things work. Folks in this country have been allowed to get away with violent and destructive actions for far too long.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Precisely what I was thinking.

You besiege the police station, you get live ammo directed at you in large quantities. Assault on Precinct 13 comes to mind in a way.
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I agree, but then this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpeville_massacre

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in the Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). After a day of demonstrations, at which a crowd of black protesters far outnumbered the police, the South African police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people. Sources disagree as to the behaviour of the crowd; some state that the crowd were peaceful,[1] while others state that the crowd had been hurling stones at the police, and that the shooting started when the crowd started advancing toward the fence around the police station.

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By 10:00 am, a large crowd had gathered, and the atmosphere was initially peaceful and festive. Fewer than 20 police officers were present in the station at the start of the protest. Later the crowd grew to about 19,000,[7] and the mood began turning unexpectedly hostile. The increasingly agitated mob now adopted a common attitude which was later described as "insulting, menacing, and provocative",[7] prompting about 130 police reinforcements, supported by four Saracen armored cars to be rushed in. The police were armed with firearms, including Sten sub-machine guns. There was no evidence that anyone in the gathering was armed with anything other than rocks.[2]

Sabre jets and Harvard Trainers approached to within a hundred feet of the ground, flying low over the crowd in an attempt to scatter it. The protestors responded by hurling a few stones (striking three people) and making repeated attempts to charge the police barricades. Tear gas proved ineffectual, and policemen were forced to repel these advances with their batons.[7] At about 1:00 pm the police tried to arrest an alleged ringleader. There was a scuffle, and the throng surged forward. At least two officers present on the scene warned their men to load firearms but stressed they were only to be used in cases of dire emergency.[7] Protestors began screaming as they succeeded in reaching the fence and tearing the gates from their hinges. One police commander was thrown to the ground; others were possibly pelted with makeshift projectiles.[7] The shooting began shortly thereafter.[2]
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thestaggy said:
A few quotes;



Criminals. Criminals predisposed to commit murder & destruction. I'd roll in and f#ck them up if they want to behave like this. There is a time to molly-coddle the people and then there is a time to show them just how things work. Folks in this country have been allowed to get away with violent and destructive actions for far too long.
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Clearly people whom we should indulge and pander to.
 
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