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Police are still looking for two drug suspects who killed a policemen who
served as a poseur-buyer during a buy-bust operation last week.
One disturbing detail in their escape was that the two were aided by a
barangay official, who allegedly even went to the extent of assigning a
barangay vehicle to help them flee. To be fair this has yet to be proven true,
but if it is this ranks among the bigger offenses barangay officials can commit.
This wouldn’t be the first time a family or even an entire community worked to
protect a fugitive from justice or to disrupt police operations. Not too long ago,
police records were rife with reports of entire communities banding together
and rising up to prevent policemen from arresting a suspect or, worse,
distracting the policemen enough to allow the already-apprehended suspect
to escape.
They would form human barricades, or harass and even pelt the policemen
with rocks and other projectiles. While this isn’t so common now, it still
happens from time to time.
It also does nothing for the reputation of a family or a community if they gain
the ill repute of one that readily aids criminals or becomes known as a place
that one can flee to if they are wanted by the law.