Tuesday, September 9, 2014

CAUGHT-ON-CAM: Police earns support online for punishing a 'kid thief' in public

MANILA – This video where a police officer castigating a "kid thief" was originally uploaded in social media to gather criticism against the officer but things unexpectedly went in favor of the policeman and earned support from the netizens who watched this clip.

A kick to the back of this alleged kid thief was given by the police before letting him go. Once this thief was off the hook, he counterattacked by cursing, threatening, and talking thrash against the police officer in public.

The video which is 1 minute and 12 seconds in length was originally uploaded by Joefrey Don-don Teaño and captioned it "Tama o Mali? Paki kalat nalang po minor de-edad yung bata…. ang kalaban nya ay pulis.”

But netizens responses seemed to be in favor of what the police did, and some people suggested that the police should have done more so that the kid would never steal again.

Here's the footage:



Here are some of the comments collated by Newsgra.ph where the people took the side of the officer and believed that he did the right thing:



Supports kept on flowing via the comment section of the Facebook video:

This one said that only idiots would say what the police did is wrong. The kid cascaded some foul words. He also said that kids these days are taking advantage of their minor age to escape from their wrongdoings because they know that they can't be jailed.



Another netizen said what the police did is just the right thing to do. This netizen asked what if your love ones got robbed and killed? He or she was only pointing out that crime knows no age at all.



More unexpected reactions from the netizens supporting the police officer:



If you were to ask, did the police officer did the right thing or not?
Collated comments courtesy of Newsgra


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