The war on drugs or legal death squads?

Is there any justice in the world? Highly unlikely, you can't bring a person back to life but maybe those responsible for their death may face prosecution. Police officers Arnel Oares, Jerwin Cruz and Jeremmas Pereda are no doubt hoping the notoriously corrupt justice system in the Philippines will fail to adequately investigate the matter with the Duterte administration supporting the war on drugs.

The police officers are accused of murdering seventeen year old Kian Loyd Delos Santos after dragging the teenager into a dark alley and executing him. It was alleged by the police officers that Kian Loyd Delos Santos endangered police lives drawing a hand gun and firing at officers. President Duterte's war on drugs has claimed over 12,000 lives and tend to follow a pattern; the alleged drug courier engages in a shootout with police, the police officers are forced to defend themselves and the drug pusher is shot. For a police force with a famously poor aim and marksmanship, they appear to be able to suddenly hit plenty of targets.

The CCTV footage would suggest otherwise, two plainclothes police officers can be seen dragging Kian Loyd Delos Santos into the lane way where he was executed before drugs and a hand gun were alleged to have been planted. There is plenty of corruption in South East Asia, the Philippines is an economic under performer due to the institutionalised corruption. No doubt the officers were unaware of the CCTV cameras and the existence of the footage, their statements don't match the footage. This may be enough to convict the police officers and suspend Duterte's war on drugs but don't bet on it, this is a political program.