{"id":20751,"date":"2021-01-08T13:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=20751"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T10:16:33","slug":"we-beat-journalists-to-protect-them-police-chief-ochola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/we-beat-journalists-to-protect-them-police-chief-ochola\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We beat journalists to protect them,&#8221; Police Chief Ochola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has declined to apologise for police crack down on journalists saying some of the beatings they receive are meant to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ochola made the remarks during a joint security briefing on Friday at the police headquarters in Naguru, a Kampala suburb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been beating journalists to restrain them from going where there\u2019s danger.  Police beat journalists to help them\u2026for their own safety. When a police officer tells you to stop, you must stop for your own safety. I won\u2019t apologise for police actions,\u201d Ochola said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was responding to a question from the media about recent police actions on journalists that many said were uncalled for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, journalists walked out on another security press conference called to brief the country on the Tarehe Sita army celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarehe Sita celebrates the launch of the National Resistance Army rebellion that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ochola instead blamed the media for portraying the police as a brutal entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has declined to apologise for police crack down on journalists saying some of the beatings they receive are meant to protect them. 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