Amid the shock at the murders of two town mayors on consecutive days in Batangas and Nueva Ecija, we think it is important for both the public and the police authorities to desist from quickly jumping to conclusions and pretending to understand the nature of the problem facing our law enforcement system and society at large.

Until the killings of mayors Antonio Halili and Ferdinand Bote are fully investigated and satisfactory answers and conclusions are reached, the benefits of theorizing, moralizing and pseudo-sleuthing will be dubious.

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