Case of ABS-CBN newscaster Ted Failon turning into overkill? April 18th, 2009 by Joey Alarilla Filed under Media, News.
Is the Ted Failon case turning into a police overkill? Even the Philippine National Police (PNP) believes it to be so.
The PNP Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS) has begun an investigation into the excessive force employed by Quezon City police in arresting ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon’s in-laws and household staff in connection with the shooting of Failon’s wife.
Meanwhile, the QC police chief admitted that the cops might have used excessive force, according to this abs-cbnNews.com story.
“Accordingly when I saw the video, it would appear that there was an excessive use of force on the part of the [arresting officers],” Senior Superintendent Elmo San Diego, QCPD chief, told ABS-CBN News Channel.
San Diego said he had ordered the relief of Senior Inspector Rorberto Razon, Senior Police Officer 3 Jose Fernandez and Police Officers 2 Andy Salonga and Reno Riparip, who picked up the siblings of the late Trinidad Arteche-Etong — Pamela Arteche-Trinchera and Maximo Arteche.
Personally, I believe this tragedy has turned into a media circus, and for one my wife and I can’t understand why the cops had to take Trinidad’s kin into custody shortly before she died. Come on, it’s basic human decency — couldn’t the cops wait to invite them for questioning, and allow them to be with Trinidad in her last moments?
How about you, do you feel the police is guilty of overkill?
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