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A reminder that the Third World is still worse than us

Kenyan police Monday tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground, which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, said a Kenyan human rights activist. … Television footage showed children, some being carried away, writhing in pain, screaming and choking because of the tear-gas. Police officers later brought dogs to the playground. … Opposition politician Eliud Owalo said last week that the playground had been grabbed to construct a parking lot for the politician’s hotel adjacent to the school. “This is brutality beyond words and greed beyond description. It is difficult to believe that police can actually deploy against primary school children and lob tear gas at them to defend a land grabber. This image of a nation determined to steal forcefully from its own children cannot be what we aspire to. It cannot be the legacy we want to bequeath the children,” said opposition leader Raila Odinga. Allegations of land seizures by Kenyan officials has become a controversial issue in the country.

Sigh. Sometimes protests and media publicity seem feeble and inadequate. Stories like this stir people’s desire for revenge. Maybe this is how terrorism gets started.kenya461761120

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenyan-police-tear-gas-schoolkids-over-playground-protest/

Photo: Kenyan police deploy dogs and teargas against elementary kids defending their playground against a greedy land developer.


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