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Sorry, it is hard not to cut a morbid tone when trying to sum up what for all intents and purposes, has been a woeful year, for many. I received a caution, the other day, from a colleague, Attorney Owen Nsala, to count the blessings. Fine, I survived...

That does not count Police torture, which still exists. In fact, I know people, who have literally been hanged by the state on confessions extracted by suffocation through black refuse bags. Most, who receive such treatment, are from underprivileged...

They mark the tension, society faces in its war against crime, and in its relationship with those employed by the state to keep it safe. At a national level, one would expect the relationship between the law enforcement and the public to be a cordial...