Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:26:54 +0000 The riots that rocked Ndola yesterday must be condemned for usurping the functions of the rule of law reposed in the police and other security institutions. It is unfortunate that residents decided to take the law into their own hands to express their frustration and anger within entire community for the mistake that one person made. The act of assaulting individuals, looting property and generally breaking the law are unconscionable and therefore deserve to be condemned. It is equally sad that police reaction time was slow. As a result damage was inflicted long before they could arrive to salvage the situation. It is also clear from reports that the rioters were expressing anger that involved matters far beyond the untimely death of their colleague. To an extent there was also an expression of xenophobia directed at the Somali community. Evidently mob psychology rather than reason and logic ruled the […]
