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Horrified

I still can't get over how horrified I was by the UNTV videos that showed the shooting of suspected carnappers in Ortigas eight days ago.

Until I actually saw that video footage, I didn't really have any kind of opinion about it. Sure, I felt sad that people died, but if they had really been carjackers, then at least everyone was safer now that they are off the streets. But by God...!! Even carjackers don't deserve to be summarily executed like that!!

And now, it is starting to look like one of the guys in the car, Francis Xavier Manzano, had just hitched a ride with the two other guys. It is beginning to appear that he had simply been fatally, tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The crusade to clear Francis Xavier Manzano's name has started. If he is truly innocent, I sincerely hope he gets the justice that he deserves.

Tags: Personal, Philippines

Posted by CF at 12:05 AM