Praise and censure for anti-drug killings

THERE has been no head count, but we can safely guess that more people are pleased than those who aren’t with the violent Duterte government and police effort to end the drug menace in our country.

Many people are fortunate enough to live in drug-free communities, mostly gated villages and areas that have enjoyed decades of being governed well by a succession of good men and women barangay officials under good mayors. These are the people who are inclined to join the critics of the Duterte and police teams whose raids are reported to have killed not just drug dealers and drug pushers but also drug users and innocent bystanders and mistaken-identity victims.