Kenyans five times more likely to be shot dead by police than by criminals: Kenyans are five times more likely to be shot dead by police than by armed robbers, according to a new report that highlights failures in British attempts to help reform the countrys police force. reddit/r/worldnews/comments/29qjb7/kenyans_five_times_more_likely_to_be_shot_dead_by/ • When the title repeated the statement it became slightly more convincing. • Living in a developed country, you just have to go over there to realize that the problem is system wide and not going away. The police are corrupt because the economy is bad and they dont get paid shit. End of story. They take bribes because they want to feed their families, and because they can. No amount of help that we can reasonably give them is going to help. If theyre going to get better, the economy is going to have to improve, then everything else will follow. Failing that, institute a one-child policy for the next 50 years so everybody has more of a share. Im not suggesting you actually do that because its politically taboo, Im suggesting you continue what you have been doing, namely: nothing. • Oh its definitely very bad. I stayed with a family of missionaries outside of Nairobi and one day we got pulled over and this cocksucker makes up some unenforced traffic violation that he can make go away for the equivalent of about $20. Being a missionary he offers the guy a bible and they threw him in KENYAN jail for three days while everything got sorted out. The transportation minister built all the stoplights leading to his house, and the defense minister sells off his private armory to Somali militants. Recently a newspaper was raided by cops wearing ski masks after they published a story about the questionable handling of Kenyas gold reserves. Its Africa man. Being poor does bad things to people. The rich governing class will do everything to protect their mansions, golf courses and private schools. You can take that to the bank. Edit: Id also like to add that Kenya is a lot better off than most African countries • Police forces in developing countries often play a very different role than their counterparts in the developed world. In the developed world, they are generally a force to moderate the excesses of society. Remove murderers, rapist, thieves, etc. In developing countries, by contrast, they generally provide a dividing line between the wealthy and the dirt poor. Most developing countries have a relatively small number of wealthy people are a huge mass of impoverished people. Crime is not surprisingly rampant. It would be incredibly expensive to have an effective police force so many countries ignore crime among the poor and focus on keeping the poor away from the valuables of the rich. Its sad but not surprising that not too many questions are asked when someone gets shot under questionable circumstances. Edit: grammer • I remember when the Kenyan Police tried to crack down on the Mungiki gang a few years ago. They basically went into the slums where the Mungiki are present engaged in murder, rape and mass arrests of completely random men. When ethnic violence hit Kenya, the police were simultaneously trying to stop it on one hand and helping Mungiki murder innocent people. The UK spent months and a lot of money training the Kenyan Army. During the first engagement instead of fighting rebels (who had legitimate grievances) they engaged in mass murder and rape. So much that it became to embarrassing for the UK to ignore. When police last year tried to fight terrorists, they basically just rounded up any random Somali they could find, engaged in mass rape and looting. They managed to not only piss off an entire community but the terrorists werent even harmed. Hell a few years ago the Kenyan Navy was boasting about how they killed terrorists in boats and released video footage. When evidence turned out that they murdered Kenyan fishermen, they denied it again and again until everybody forgot. The weird thing about all of this is that Kenyans know this and the Kenyan government knows that people know this. Instead of actually reforming they just prefer to lie again and again until people move on. Nothing changes and nobody trusts them. That way they can all pretend that they have a great police force and an army that is able to kick ass despite all evidence against this. • All aboard the I-hate-police karma train! (-.-(-.(-(-.(-.-).-)-).-)-.-) Know someone who uses Ebay? Let them know about YouBidder: The Best Free Bid Sniper tinyurl/YouBidderFB bid at the last second and win! • Bid at the last second on Ebay Youbidder It is free
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