Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista Summary
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Patricia Evangelista's award-winning memoir exposes Duterte's brutal drug war through unflinching interviews with victims' families and killers themselves. Named among NYT's best books of 2023, this haunting chronicle asks: When does a nation normalize murder? "I'm not all bad. Some people need killing."
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When a President Declares "I Am the Death Squad"
A five-year-old girl named Danica Mae died from a bullet meant for her grandfather. Fourteen-year-old Christine watched police force her father to kneel before shooting him at close range-she blamed herself for letting go when they threw her against the wall. A girl called Love-Love stood between masked gunmen and her mother, begging them to kill her instead. One gunman hesitated: "Don't shoot, she's only a child." Before pulling the trigger on her mother, he declared: "We are Duterte." This is what happens when a nation's leader promises salvation through violence and tells his police force, "It's your duty to kill." Between 2016 and 2022, the Philippines transformed into a laboratory for state-sanctioned murder, where democracy didn't collapse-it voted for its own executioner.
The Machinery Behind the Murders
The Vigilantes Next Door
How a Democracy Votes for Death
When Video Changes Everything
The Unburied Dead and What They Ask of Us
What Remains When Democracy Kills Its Own
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