The slogan is too long, how about a shorter one, like 'Break the silence, Speak Out, You know Police Killers!
Sent from my iPad On 20 Oct 2011, at 1:33 AM, Norman Mampane <[email protected]> wrote: > You know who killed him/her, and you are silent about it! Speak Out Now for > Justice........ > POPCRU will join the March against Police Killing organized by Faith-Based > Organizations in partnership with the South African Police Services Chaplain > on the 27th October 2011 in SOWETO. > This action by all stakeholders emanates from the Summit on Police Killing > held this year at Boksburg in which this scourge of undermining the right to > life of Workers within the Criminal Justice was elevated to become a societal > responsibility. > ‘From 2003/2004 about 108 were killed, 2004/2005 about 94, 2005/2006 about > 95, in 2006/2007 about 108, in 2007/2008 about 107, in 2008/2009 about 105, > in 2009/2010 about 101 and in 2010/2011 about 93 were killed’. > The reflection on the scourge in the current conjuncture is a worrying > development! > And Gauteng [201], Kwazulu-Natal [178] are the worst affected followed by > Eastern Cape [83], Western Cape [68], Mpumalanga [45] and North West [45].It > was amplified that police killings affect morale whilst traumatizing > colleagues and families. > Statistics have proved that circumstances under which police members were > killed indicate the following trends; > · 20% of incidents while police were responding to a crime during > search and seizures or conducting follow ups, > · 4% of incidents police officers were killed by colleagues pointing > to levels of work related stress, > · Family disputes accounted for 2% of deaths which are love triangles, > ex-partner or domestic violence, > · 5% of police died while engaged in arguments with members of public, > and > · 8% were killed when being robbed for their guns. > Commission on the role of civil society in preventing attacks on police > officers, amongst others, resolved on; > Building synergy of efforts within the criminal justice system and community > structures to fight police killings and crime, > Empowering community policing forums to executive their mandate, > Convening Summits should in all local communities to sustain the campaign, and > Enhancing the trust element within our communities on police officers > We contend that police killing undermines the rule of law and also the > tenacity of our constitutional imperatives in recognition of fundamental > human rights espoused by all stakeholders who will be participating in this > event. > Campaigns resolutions have long being taken and now it’s time for ACTION. And > it starts with you! > You know who might have killed someone, and the time is now to take > responsibility to share that information for justice to take its course! > POPCRU adjures all members of the community to join the MARCH against Police > Killing, to regain the moral fibre of our society and restore respect for > human life. > Issued by: > Mampane Norman > National Spokesperson > Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union > Tel: 0112424600/4615 > Cell: 0720737959 > Email: [email protected] > www.popcru.org.za > > 01 Marie Road > Auckland Park > 2006 > -- > You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. > The group site is at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University > The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our wikispace > web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]; or e-mail > [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
