A most shocking video has emerged from Addis Abeba this morning that is jarring to watch. After two police officers arrest a man and put shackles on him, one of uniformed goons starts to violently beat the man. Amid a sea of onlookers, a brave Ethiopian woman ran to the defense of the man who was viciously being assaulted by the very police who are supposed to keep law and order.
Because cowards drunk on power have no shame, the same police officer who was beating a defenseless man turned around and started to assail the woman who was trying to intervene to save a man from getting beat to a pulp. The other police officer, instead of restraining his collegue, shot his machine gun in the air in order to keep witnesses at bay. The days of repression that were supposed to end upon the emergence of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed never went away; after promising to be a reformer who would respect press freedoms and respect human rights, Ethiopia is right back into the fire of coercion by way of guns and batons....continued...
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