[NobleFree]

The situation is that both the police and the general citizenry have the right to arrest people involved in drug offenses and bring them to the nearest precinct for questioning and investigation.

If they resist either through force or fleeing then lethal force may be used.

Whenever lethal force is used for subdual is used, there will be an investigation as to what truly happened, and the appropriateness thereof.

Source?

[MrEdd]

The previous threads on this which have been posted over the last few years.

We have quite a few expatriate Freepers who chime in.

The western press is beside itself. Citizenry are supposed to be sheep, who would expire without the diligent and benevolent care of a carefully controlled judicial class. Without the black robed priesthood dictating every move subjects become citizens.

The Philippines is looking like a real good place to be right now. Well except for the oppressive heat and the mosquitoes. And the malaria and the Dengue fever...okay never mind. I liked the people when I was over there but not the climate or the bugs.