PoliceMen- Are they Humans or Not?

One Question
How many of you like the word “Police”?
Another Question
How many of you hate the word “Police”?
Hmm another Question
How many of you feel “police” are humans too?
Last Question
How many of you can give a valid reason for your answer?

Take Maldivian population in general, the mere usage of the word police would lead to a conversation which in turn will lead to a new topic “politics”- but everyone make sure that they can give the best curse to the police fraternity or personals.
If we think positive from two different angles then I don’t find any problem in POLICE nor in the way they deal with. Now let’s talk about the way they handle situations- I mean this is something that everybody talks about nowadays or on the tip of there tongue after the political crises came into effect from day 1 till to date. Unlike us (in general) I feel that police has got a major role to play in the society whether it’s crime stopping or disaster management- and I believe that they are doing it at the fullest possible way, but with thousands of hindrance in front and back of them ”braving them with deaf ears”. Just imagine a day when you are busy throwing stones and creating havoc in the society for some or the reason that you think is appropriate, but the law says it’s inappropriate and in short it’s coming as a nuisance in the way of a common man’s life. Now imagine a police van coming towards you, rolling a red carpet infront of you and asking you to climb into the van with at most honor where the police are beating the trumpets and welcoming you in- Is that the way to arrest a trouble creator? Or is that the way you expect them to come and take you with pride and honor? Even if they ask you to come and get into the jeep with honor, the culprit wont obey it at times and it’s those time the FORCE is used. When a police (star force/any force/military etc) personal ask you to get into a police van for interrogation or for arresting, would you get in properly? In short you would try your best to run away from the scene and its human psychology and you don’t expect the police personalities to just stand there and watch you running or rather say stand there and watch you shouting slogans, anti remarks against them abusing them with filth? Do you think when they hold you and try to drag you into a police van you would go decently? Some might and some might not, and this shuffle and hustle the victim gets bruised and there arises the problem.
Hundred people are in the strike, few hundreds are watching it and how do you expect the police to know who was there and who wasn’t there. A person who throws a stone at police can come and join the so called majority party “Kulhibala party” after his assault and do you think police would just watch it. Because of this mess and to create a better way the police started using video cam’s to capture the live scene and arrest the trouble creator. If someone hits you, it’s quite normal that you too hit that person back but they don’t do it as how much it’s been hyped. Another problem of the Maldives is that – Ah lets say it’s the parents who are spoiling there wards, a guy is caught for drugs/theft and the next moment you can see there parents coming there and howling and shouting things at the police where her/his son/daughter is caught and arrested. According to them even though there ward is shaking and can’t even make a step in his/her drug influenced state would be said- My son/daughter don’t take drugs, he/she don’t go out of there house, there are all very “baas ahaa kudin” and why should they steal? These parents would be supported by some people living in the locality. The police got no other way than releasing them- most of the time and the worst is that after releasing these “Parteys”- they (parents/parteys/relatives/neighbours) would pour a hot sauce of filth and would be spreading hatred towards the police section of the society.

Next comes to the torture cases happening in Maldivian jails, I don’t have a personal experience of any of these jails- neither Maldivian, Indian, American nor anywhere else in the world. But one thing with confidence I can say is that Maldivian’s are far more treated better than the other jails of the world. Neither I would say that its good to treat humans like that, but if you have done a crime then you should be punished for it.
If jails are like – having a big sofa for me to sit, provided a surrounded sound Jail(home) Theater system with a 24hrs Internet connected PC and provided with the best foods in the world with a big menu of my likes from seafood to multi cuisines. Ah then for sure, the first thing I would do after reaching Maldives would be stabbing some innocent fellow or rather a partey and go down to Jail. Isn’t that the job/living that an unemployed person can live? Everything at the cost of the government and in short FREE. If jail around the world started to be as good as the Maldivian’s demand, then I think there won’t be a fall in the rate of crimes in the world. Every fraction of a second a new rapist/murder/psychopath etc would emerge from nowhere. A Maldivian should be jailed in a foreign country to known the difference and this doesn’t mean that I was jailed, but I do think I can a see lot of things happening around the world and for sure media is providing us the best possible information. Put the famous Mariyam Rasheeda in a Maldivian jail and ask her the difference between the Indian jail and her experience.
In any crises – it would be the police who take the front action to bring order, peace and harmony in the country. Whether it is a tsunami or some other disaster or development management problem- police are the only people who come out to help you. They don’t work for themselves instead they work for you. Policeman doesn’t join police force with the hope that “Ah, I’m gonna be a policeman, now I can hit anyone like without any license or anything and nobody can question me”. There are some who think like that and who does like that but that doesn’t mean all does. It’s there work that they are doing but I won’t appreciate beating and hitting innocent people also.
Recently during a rioting in one of the atolls of Maldives, there was a particular scene that everyone had clapped for - enjoyed and said BRAVO BRAVO. The scene goes like this, a Bus came running at a damn high speed towards a police jeep parked with some star force team members in it, smashed the jeep and took them to a side. Now aren’t they too humans? Aren’t they too someone’s husband/son/brother? ( A Hindi filmy dialogue but so real) After some days the same guy who drove the bus was taken down for questioning and he acted as if the police who came to take him down hit him between his legs and was lying down and making a hell of noise and the police left him there- That’s the condition of the police now. I too would have made my fest felt on his face if I had the authority. Later the day there was a rumor that this guy was beaten up by police seriously and thrown to the road side and the whole atoll where he belongs came out to fight for injustice it seems. But everyone in the locality knew that he was a drug addict and there was nothing good that he does to the society.
There are thousands of casualties among the police itself, but nobody talks about it… I believe that they are also human beings and they too got certain rights.

This pic had a funny caption on the site where it was posted, tht the police are harassing and pushing a old man. But look more carefully, or else just put you in there place and think of how you would handle this situation where a big mob is disturbing the peaceful life.

Source of Pics : http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/

*This doesn't mean that I'm a police officer or working in NSS nor I plan to work or seek a job there but this is what I think is happening and common man is viewing the concept POLICE from one eye whereas the other eye is closed.

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