GHANA POLICE MUST RETRACT THEIR DICTATORIAL STATEMENT ON GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER

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GHANA POLICE MUST RETRACT THEIR DICTATORIAL STATEMENT ON GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER 

The Coalition for Ghana's Independence Now find it painful, shameful and above all indifferent of the Ghana police service of all institutions to come out with such dictatorial and undemocratic statement to take away people's right to protest.

We therefore, would want the Ghana police to know that if there is any country worth protesting outside the USA,  it is Ghana and no other country and it is a shame that we as Ghanaians have not already started protesting in solidarity of our brother's racial murder.

We are also aware that a lot of Ghanaians would love to demonstrate in support of not only George Floyd but the many African Americans who have been murdered by the US police just because they are black.

But we know the undemocratic and dictatorial nature of our law enforcement system in Ghana that is why the many well meaning Ghanaians are only HASHTAGING on social media.

We will also want to take this opportunity to remind and maybe educate our dear police service of some of the reasons why if no country would demonstrate in solidarity, Ghana has no choice but to show support not only for our brothers and sisters who are been murdered just because of their skin color.

Was the Ghana police in this country when our president opened the gate of Ghana to our brothers and sisters to live in Ghana during the historic YEAR OF RETURN?

Does the Ghana police know how many African Americans and other Diasporans who applied for Ghanaian citizenship and how many are awaiting to become Ghanaians?

Does the Ghana police understand the year of return? and it's humanitarian responsibility on Ghana?
Does the Ghana police know how many African Americans who wants to move permernantly to Ghana because of racial profiling and murder?

If there is any day to believe that the Ghana police is independent of the executive or the president, then this indifferent statement by the police is a clear evidence that the police indeed are independent of the executive.

Because if the police is not overly independent they would at least know that this anti demonstration statement is a total betrayal of the president's well thought and Well intended policey called the year of return 2019.

While we pray the police be always independent, we would also want them to feel like all of us as citizens who are playing our role to protect and uplift the good image of Ghana in the league of nations.

But we are not surprised to an extent to hear this statement from the Ghana police because police brutality in not a new thing in Ghana the only difference is, in the US, it is done to African Americans while in Ghana police brutality can happen to anyone from journalist to ordinary unarmed citizens.

In as much as we also appreciate some of the constraints and difficult conditions many of our police officers find themselves, we want them to also let we the citizens know they exist for our well being and therefore a statement like this in times like this in a country like Ghana is a shameful one and does not in any way project the good image of Ghana and above all, it defeat the good intentions of the president of Ghana.

Finally we will want the police service to retract and apologize to the good people of Ghana and our Diaspora citizens and the many who are only waiting for the COVID19 travel restrictions to be removed to come to Ghana.

We also want the Ghana police service to work hand in hand with the Diaspora affairs directorate in Ghana to educate themselves so that in the future their statement will not expose them as indifferent as in the case of our dear brother George Floyd and the many African Americans who have been killed just for being black.

Signed

Twaiah Evans
The convener
The Coalition for Ghana's Independence Now
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