A Sidebar of Shame - Inventing corruption and letting the bad guys off the hook!

Social media erupted last week with five video recordings of Botswana Police Services (BPS) officers receiving monies amounting to nothing more than P400 each.

In a display of Orwellian power, sophisticated recording gadgets consistent with a professional spy setup were at work to expose what up to now remains unclear in motive and object. One wonders if this was internal anti-graft mechanisations of BPS or a brotherly organ in the security cluster taking up watchdog status. While there is evidence of money passing from one hand to another, what is not explicit is if this was a typical case of the scourge that is bribery.

Reactions to the recordings were of outrage with views ranging from the perceived despicable conduct of the officers to extreme condemnation of the inhumanity of deceptive filming. The videos seen thus far do not show the officers categorically soliciting bribes. The imprint left – the reckless nature by which the power to decide which is dangerous regardless of the genuine threat posed can be toyed with?

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