By Rem Zamora of ABS-CBN.com
This is from Rem’s touching account of the circumstances behind that photo of PO1 Joselito Sevilla, the cop who cried in the midst of a rally dispersal yesterday:
It was a long and tiring dispersal. People were injured. But amidst all of this, I saw a scenario which I thought I will never see during a dispersal….
Suddenly the officer cried. The foreigner kept on shouting at this officer. He was still crying. He was trying to hold his tears but he can’t.
A second round of dispersal erupted and while every other anti-riot policemen are pushing and shoving trying to remove the protesters from the ground, the crying cop simply stood ground. He was still holding his shield firmly. Still weeping. Sobbing.
When asked why he is crying he replied, “Sa gutom at pagod. Walang tulog. Walang pahinga. Dalawang draw na kame nakadeploy dito. Tapos ganito nagkakagulo.” This was also PO1 Sevilla’s first dispersal assignment. (Because of hunger and no sleep. We have no rest and we have been stationed here for 2 days already and now it’s getting violent.)
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kung ano ang talas ng mga kasamahan nya sa marikina sya namang purol nitong tulisman.
bay, tao din naman ‘yang pulis. nagugutom. napapagod. may puso at damdaming naaantig sa kinakaharap ding pagkakataon.
pero, ‘anlaking tao niyan, ha. bagitong pulis pa la’ang pero laki na ng katawan. siguro, sadayang malusog la’ang.
Bakit deployed ng 2 days tapos walang provision ng pagkain at walang relyebo sa tulog? Ako rin iiyak at tatanungin ang sarili ‘kung ano ginagawa ko rito?’
Samantalang ang kanilang pino-protektahan ay puro mga maliliit na gods. Hay naku!
Open letter of Thomas van Beersum, the Dutch who confronted P01 Sevilla:
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The foreigner who confronted P01 Sevillas as narrated by Rem Zamora.[/caption]
https://www.facebook.com/notes/thomas-van-beersum/an-open-letter-to-policeman-joselito-sevilla/543465112376474
Who gave these foreigners the right to meddle in our affairs? I am disgusted with these protesters. Gone are the days when wit and humor were efficiently utilized to send the message across. Protest songs with piercing lyrics, short essays, poems, plays were rich with meaning merely listening would surely make a non-believer agree.
Trouble started when the rallyists threw into the air and then crushed with their feet flowers offered by a phalanx of policewomen. The white balloons were snatched from their hands and let loose to fly. Ditto the doves. Then they started breaking the barricades and started a throwing contest. The unruly crowd broke their line and attacked the cops with rocks, bottles, bolts, batteries, whathaveyou. And this pale Dutch Boy had the guts to berate this cop?
I would have smacked him with the shield if it were me.
O, pati protesters imported na rin, naknampucha! Dapat sa ‘noisy’ Dutch na yan sinapak!
Ito namang mga protesters na ito talagang nanggugulo, pwede namang naka-upo lang sila. Kailangan pang magkagulo para sabihin na tagumpay ang protest nila. Same ol same ol, kahit sinupa presidente. Nakakasawa na.
Akala daw ng kulay nana na dutch boy eh si Gloria pa rin ang presidente.
Iisang dugo lang tayo, dugong Pilipino ang nananalaytay sa ating mga ugat. Bakit kailangan natin na maglaban laban. Bakit ang hindi pagkakaunawaan ay idaan sa mabuting usapin. Lagi na lang ganun. Sana isang araw magising ako na wala ng gulo. Kapayapaan ang naghahari sa bansa.
arvin, mabuti sana kung iniisip din ng mga katulad ni renato reyes ang kapakanan at kaligtasan ng kanilang mga hinahakot sa ganyang mga rally, eh.
ano ba’ng nagawang maganda niyang sina reyes?
sa halip na gastusin nila sa mga kung ano anong walang kwentang bagay na nagsasaad ng pagtutol sa alinmang hindi nila gusto sa gobyerno ay ilaan na la’ang ang ginagastos sa pagtulong sa mga nararapat tulungan. ang mga katulad nina reyes ang numero unong promotor ng gulo’t karahasan.
pansinin na lang kung pumipiyok sila kapag ang karahasan ay inihahasik ng mga makakaliwa o masasamang elemento taliwas sa pagkondena nila kapag ang mga kagawad ng AFP at PNP ang nasasangkot. idagdag pa natin ang nakakabingi nilang pananahimik kapag merong pinoy na binibitay sa china o intsik na sangkot sa drug pushing at iba pang kriminal na gawain mismong sa pilipinas. lalong huwag nating isantabi ang hindi nila pagkilos laban sa ginagawang pangangamkam ng china sa ilang bahagi ng west philippine sea na sakop ng teritoryo ng ating bansa.
dapat sa kulay bangkay na poreyner na ‘yan ay binubusalan at itinataling parang baboy na kakatayin sa pambabastos sa pulis. ano’ng naging karapatan niyang manermon samantalang dayuhan la’ang siya sa pinas?
ano siya, estudyante? saang unibersidad?
dapat diyan, dinedeport!
Hahaha @ #7 Baguneta!
Amen to MPRivera #9.
Dutchboy…… back off