
There isn’t a school
There isn’t a school
for protesting
but there is
for police
and policing
There isn’t a school
for protesting or
for protesters
to learn the trade
to learn the skills
but there is
for police
and policing
There isn’t a school
Though we have
plenty of schools
(who is schooled
who is educated)
There isn’t a school
When might there be
An afternoon SAFM radio presenter ponders the killing of a passer-by “caught in the cross-fire” by the country’s police in the Wits student protests, 11 March 2021, in South Africa’s Human Rights Month.
By David Kapp
(Photo Credit: News24 / AFP / Emmanuel Croset)
Human Rights Day: ‘Police continue to kill with impunity, like they did in Sharpville 61 years ago’ https://www.news24.com/news24/SouthAfrica/News/human-rights-day-police-continue-to-kill-with-impunity-like-they-did-in-sharpville-61-years-ago-20210321