As the official death toll has mounted, and other bodies not confirmed killed by police have been found with placards declaring them drug traffickers, human rights lawyers and some lawmakers have expressed deep concerns about the war on crime spiralling out of control.<\/p>\n
In response to the criticism, Solicitor General Jose Calida held a press conference on Monday at national police headquarters to insist on the legality of the police killings and to encourage more deaths of people suspected of being involved in the drug trade.<\/p>\n
“To me, that is not enough,” Calida said of the killings so far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now, I certainly don’t advocate that we adopt that method in the United States, in fact, we’re close enough to being a third world country without taking that last step. I don’t like the death penalty as it is – the government shouldn’t be in the business of declaring who should live and who should die given their incompetence is most things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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