Thread by @PragyaTiwari

On LRC @ndtv w/ @nidhi alongside Vrinda Grover, Dushyant Dave, Mamta Kale, and Vikram Singh this evening.

End of the day I've more questions abt the #HyderabadEncounter than answers.

1) Can women ever be safe in a country where the police is rewarded for flouting rule of law?

@ndtv @Nidhi 2) Thr wr 3k encounters in the 1st 16 mths of Adityanath's rule- did they deter crime? Did Ram Singh's suspicious death deter brutal rape?

3) Can the very elements underpinning rape culture- toxic masculinity, disregard for life + dignity, fearlessness of law be antidotes to it?

@ndtv @Nidhi 4) What do emotions have to do w/ the criminal justice system? The state prosecutes criminals not the aggrieved.

5) The men killed today will forever legally be innocent because they were not subjected to trial. Is that the justice the victim deserves?

@ndtv @Nidhi 6) Hysteria begets suspension of disbelief but just how hysterical do we have to be to blindly trust cops who have often themselves been accused of rape, shielding rapists, hounding and shaming women who dare to complain, botching up investigations, and siding w/ the powerful?

@ndtv @Nidhi 7) MOST importantly-Will we still be here in a week? Following the enquiry into the killings? Educating ourselves on pending police + judiciary reforms and pressing for them? Demanding a/cability for the use of Nirbhaya funds? Holding ourselves a/cable for silence and complicity?