South Africa: Marikana - Shining the Light On Police Militarisation and Brutality in South Africa

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The widely criticised Farlam Commission of inquiry's report into the Marikana massacre has put a spotlight on the dangers of South Africa's militarised police force. The government needs to seize the opportunity to address this problem once and for all.

Possibly the most significant finding by the commission is that the police inappropriately abandoned public order policing with its emphasis on crowd control in favour of forcibly disarming the striking miners and breaking the strike.

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