Hi. Pardon me for taking up space in your notification but please hear me out for a moment. I hope you can find at least a little bit of time to read this as this message will detail the happenings here in our country.
The government is covering up their crimes, the protesters are being oppressed by the cops & they are silencing the Filipinos. It could be shown in the yesterday's rally that the government had mobilized cops, swat, coast guards, etc. to suppress the protesters from moving forward to their destined location e.g. Malacañang Palace.
On the other side of the rally, another group of protesters were in a heated up protest and were fighting the cops. Several protesters were injured, killed, and was beaten up mercilessly—even the innocent passerbys. The city mayor had also shamelessly called our protesters "utak-talangka" & "utak-adik" and denies the violence and brutality of the police against the Filipinos. There are barely any news coverage about the killings. If anything, the medias are stretching the issue and putting blame to the protesters—even calling them criminals.
One of the most devastating that took place last night around the area of Mendiola-Recto-Legarda was of a kid being shot dead by a police wearing civilian clothes. They even dragged a barely conscious body of a mother's child along the rough concrete, dropping him head down several times. The police are manhandling them, even a child.
Aren't serving and protecting us their job? Even the children's pleas to be freed seemed to be a music to their ears. Why are those who fight for the Filipinos' rights being suddenly labeled as criminals and threat to the actual criminals? Rather than holding those corrupted criminals accountable, making them pay for their sins & jailing them—the president of this country chose to cowardly feign ignorance by locking up those who voice out against corruption just to protect his reputation & allies as if being a performative loser isn't enough.
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