Assam CM On “Pattern” Of Shooting Fleeing Criminals

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma was unapologetic while addressing the controversy over the rise in police shootings since he took office.

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00:00If I say that a police officer shot and killed two innocent people, that should be the pattern.

01:00I have given this name to the people of India.

01:05This is not policing.

01:07I have given it a very beautiful name.

01:11Those who rape, those who rape women,

01:15whether they are Jati or Jinn,

01:18they will not get any kind of spare.

01:23They will not get any kind of spare.

01:27I have never said that if a police officer shoots a person,

01:32and there is a pattern,

01:34that should be the pattern.

01:38That should be the pattern.

01:42If a police officer shoots a person,

01:46he is a rapist.

01:49If a police officer discovers a crime,

01:53and shoots a person,

01:55the police will shoot him a lot,

01:58and he will be shot dead.

02:01So, I have never been afraid of the police.

02:04But I have never been afraid of the police.

02:07I have never been afraid of the police.