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President David Granger had to address this issue. murdering your citizens is never the answer. never.
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Guyana Chronicle: IN the light of a perceived spate of police shooting to death suspected criminals, President David Granger is calling for more arrests as opposed to killings, though sometimes the latter is not preventable.Quizzed yesterday during his weekly television programme, “Public Interest”, on whether he was concerned about this trend, which seemingly reflects the inability of the police to disarm, apprehend and bring criminals to trial, the President responded in the affirmative, noting that his instruction would be to save lives.

Mr Granger noted that it is not only important to suppress crime, but also to identify and remove the causes of this social ill.

However, he reasoned that if criminals are killed, then it is impossible to find out what were their motives, or who were the persons behind the scenes supporting them, perhaps financially.

“I would like to see due process; I would like to see persons arrested and brought before the courts so we can find out who is the mastermind. Is there a gang leader? Are there guns, and whom are they coming from? If you kill them, you don’t know these things,” the President said during the interview.

As such, he reiterated that he does not want to see any more deaths, but rather arrests, which lead to interrogation. Once this occurs, the retired Brigadier noted, it can aid in bringing an end to execution murders, gun-running and other forms of criminal activities in Guyana.
Expressing his disappointment with confrontations, in which persons who are accused of crimes or are alleged to be criminals are killed, the Head of State reasoned that in some instances, these killings are not preventable, given their nature. He referred to the latest episode of police shooting deaths, when two suspected bandits were gunned down by police after a two-hour-long exchange of fire between them.

Additionally, he hinted that it is apparent that some gangs are re-emerging. Though these may be small gangs, with some comprising two or three members, the President offered that their existence still poses a danger.

“And I would always put the saving of human life as a greater priority than just shooting down people; I don’t like that at all,” he said.