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How did who did what they did at the Red Fort do it should be a matter of investigation, something that is very unlikely to happen. This when every intelligence report pointed at the probability of what ultimately happened +
+ Also, notwithstanding the romanticism of a man taking a water cannon on his chest, how did things come to a pass where hundreds of thousands of people lay siege all around national capital, blocking national and state highways +
+ And these eulogies about Delhi Police exercising restraint. Kudos. But will there ever be introspection over how horse riders who perform motley acrobatics thrice a year were allowed to appear on roads in the heart of Capital, attacking policemen with impunity?+
+ How will the police top brass look into the eye of policemen who found themselves in situations like this? How will this man whose child perhaps salutes him playfully at home salute back? (Photo by PTI’s Arun Sharma) +
+ These things may win you narrative victories. But these things come at a cost. How will the common man respect a policeman? What will be his perception of a man who is there to guard him but is instead begging for his own life? +
+ It is paralysis like this that ultimately results in policemen walking along with one group of rioters, targeting the other group. This is what causes long-term damages that no electoral mathematics will ever heal.
