Now this is some real fucked up law

[halfpint]

Now this is law at its best ....

South African police shot and killed 34 miners when they held a protest. Now their colleges who also protested with them will be charged with the miners murders whom the police shoot dead.

"Workers arrested at South Africa's Marikana mine will be charged later with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police, an official has said.

A prosecuting authority spokesman told the BBC that 270 workers would be tried under the "common purpose" doctrine."

"Under South African law all of the demonstrators can be tried for "common purpose", where armed suspects provoke police reaction by attacking officers, resulting in death."


And to think i lived under their laws for 17 years ..pfft


link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-afri...4484#FBM113065

[Freaky_Akula]

Those protesters were armed with machetes, knives and guns and had already murdered security guards.

[halfpint]

Originally Posted by Freaky_Akula

Those protesters were armed with machetes, knives and guns and had already murdered security guards.

Yes I know that and the ones who did hack the security gaurds and those two police men to death should be charged, but they are charging all the protesters with the murder of the strikers who the police shot dead

[seeandsee]

crazy to charge them for that...

[London Banker]

it's Africa. who give a shit what's going on there?

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by halfpint

Yes I know that and the ones who did hack the security gaurds and those two police men to death should be charged, but they are charging all the protesters with the murder of the strikers who the police shot dead

Your crossing a few lines here.

You are talk about a large group of people who were armed, committed murder, and other crimes. The ones who committed murder should be charged with murder, but anyone else who took part in the protests as guilty of multiple crimes.

Here in the US if you and your buddy rob a gas station at gun point and your buddy shoots someone dead, guess what - you will be charged with murder (or something related). You took part in a crime using a firearm in which someone was killed.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by halfpint

Now this is law at its best ....

South African police shot and killed 34 miners when they held a protest. Now their colleges who also protested with them will be charged with the miners murders whom the police shoot dead.

"Workers arrested at South Africa's Marikana mine will be charged later with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police, an official has said.

A prosecuting authority spokesman told the BBC that 270 workers would be tried under the "common purpose" doctrine."

"Under South African law all of the demonstrators can be tried for "common purpose", where armed suspects provoke police reaction by attacking officers, resulting in death."


And to think i lived under their laws for 17 years ..pfft


link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-afri...4484#FBM113065

if you drive a guy down to rob a liqueur store, sitting in the car during the robbery, and the clerck gets killed you will also be charged with murder. if the union rabble rousers hadn't fucked with the workers until the rioted they would still be alive...

[Barry-xlovecam]

Charging 'rioters' with the police shootings of other 'rioters' is a bit twisted ... Something out of the Afrikaners 'play book' ...

[MrCain]

I's about time they came down on the unions.

[ggrrssyydik]

If you went to go watch street racing one night, and someone crashed and killed someone. Who ever gets caught can get charge. So we have the almost the same law here.

[Due]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Your crossing a few lines here.

You are talk about a large group of people who were armed, committed murder, and other crimes. The ones who committed murder should be charged with murder, but anyone else who took part in the protests as guilty of multiple crimes.

Here in the US if you and your buddy rob a gas station at gun point and your buddy shoots someone dead, guess what - you will be charged with murder (or something related). You took part in a crime using a firearm in which someone was killed.

The difference is that they are charges for the murder of the people that the police killed.
I don't see a problem with that, don't like it ? Don't go in a large group that kills people

[Freaky_Akula]

They wanted collective bargaining rights, so now they should shut up and take collective responsibility for their actions.

[Barry-xlovecam]

During declared war collective punishment is a war crime ...

[garce]

Head? Meet brick. Welcome to GFY.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Just as I had speculated ... These are the very same laws the ANC fought to stop at one time:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1226462170188

[T]he police killings were the worst public display of state-sponsored violence since apartheid was overthrown and have traumatised a nation that hoped it had seen the last of such scenes.

The common purpose law being used to charge the miners was fought by the African National Congress when it was a liberation movement, accusing the white minority government of using it to make victims of a crime its perpetrators. The ANC has been in power for 18 years and the miserable living conditions of miners has highlighted its failure to transform the wealth of Africa's richest nation into better lives for the majority of its 48 million citizens, who continue to battle unemployment, housing shortages and poor health and education services.

In the fallout from the killings, the bitter mine strike has strengthened. Lonmin reported an average of 6.6 per cent of workers showed up across various shifts Thursday, down from 13 per cent on Monday and 50 per cent on Saturday. ...

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Due

The difference is that they are charges for the murder of the people that the police killed.
I don't see a problem with that, don't like it ? Don't go in a large group that kills people

Your English is worse than my French and your not making any sense at all.