South Africa — "The police are corrupt that's why the country is in this state," "The police do not know what they are doing," are just some of the comments flying around about the South African Police Service, but non of us look at the court and the corruption in the courts, who actually make the decission of imprisonment or bail.
The police can not be blaimed for the corruption, sure there are a few cops corrupt in each police station but still they do help people to receive bail and a fair trial, if one looks at the salary police officers receive for the work they do it is understandable that they would become corrupt, R3000-R5000 is simply not enough.
But our focus in this article is on the courts, who we did not look upon for explanations until now.
Everyday thousand of cases are tried in our country, and then they get postponed or a murderer gets bail of R500. That is why so many people go missing, are raped, get killed etc. Who brought them to court the police, who let them go free, the court. Now you should ask yourself who is to blame for the high crime numbers in South Africa, the trusted courts or the "corrupt" police?
How can we even look down upon the police if it is them that do everything in their power to save us in times we need them, and yes sometimes they do run late but this is because the state does not supply the police with enough police vehicles thus they only have a certain number of vehicles to respond to the necessary location.
And were it not for the courts letting thousands of criminals go and capturing the innocent, there would be less crimes for the police to respond to.
So before you go blaiming anyone again do a little research.
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