Greetings:
I join the rest in expressing my condolences to the families of the deceased
students.
I also express my indignation to this attrocities perpetrated by the
officers. All reports being received indicate that only students and
civilians died, killed by 'law enforcement officers'. While some have
cautioned to wait for the full details of this attrocity to come out, one
cannot deny that at the very least, the officers over stepped the boundaries
of human dignity.
If they were provoked by the students, assuming that was the case here
(there was reporting of looting by the students), the officers ought to have
simply arrested the students using restrained force. I am sure they have
other less deadly tools of their trade that would have been more
appropriate. But using deadly force??? No! No! No!
What do we do? Certainly move in the direction suggested by Dr. Saine, Alpha
and others.
My suggestion is to also mobilize our respective communities, draft  a
protest letter to be signed by as many people as possible and submit it to
the Gambian Missions abroad, while also following through with the other
suggestions being developed here.
Latjor

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