LIVE AMMUNITION AND CITIZEN ENEMIES
Photo courtesy www.dbsjeyaraj.com If the time ever does come for a comprehensive evaluation of security policies and legislation adopted during the privation and emergencies of war and the peacetime ‘stability’ of a post-war context, it would only be fair to conclude that the unpleasantness of the former far exceeds the unpleasantness of the latter, but it is still just that – unpleasant. It has not been that long since we read about the callous disregard for human life in a number shootings, which occurred in August 2011, where the police and military used live ammunition to ‘control’ protests that occurred outside police stations and military camps. That particular period passed us by with one protester being shot dead in Pottuvil by the military, two protesters being injured when the military shot at a demonstration in Kinniya and a few protesters being injured when they were shot at by the police in Puttalam. If these incidents seem somewhat remote and indistinct,…
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