EDITORIAL | Westbury community attack on police shows fragile grip on law and order
Let’s get the basics right first — we live in a violent society
05 June 2025 - 04:30
The sight of uniformed police, some clad in bulletproof vests, sidearms drawn, beating a hasty retreat as an irate mob hurls rocks, bottles and insults in retaliation for a drug arrest does not inspire confidence in restoring law and order — whether it's in gang-infested Westbury, Johannesburg, or elsewhere, for that matter...
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