JJSmithJr
Senior
- Jul 1, 2018
- 924
All actions are private and internal actions within Zaire, only observable by the people present on the ground
Capitaine Louis Franck Shuweli was a newly commissioned officer in the Riot Police contingent of the Zairain National Police, he has been standout at the Academy and was immediately placed in command of a precinct of the Riot Police within the Capitol District, the Kinshasa Province, once notorious for its corruption, the Zairian National Police Force had been transformed under Interior Minister Joseph Kabilia into a ruthless anti-corruption pro-government force.
With a large section of the government's budget devoted to national security, the police now saw larger numbers of recruits, and larger supply stockpiles. Every single Provincial Police Department now had several helicopters at its disposal to track fugitives and monitor the countryside and urban areas. This flexibility in both numbers and deployment allowed them to operate as they had never operated before, as a truly professional and organized force. At 400 Officers per 100,000 citizens, Zaire's Police Ration had risen from one of the world's worst to now alongside the world's most secure and safe nations, with more police on the streets per capita than Germany.
This new force was largely welcomed by the people of Zaire who had for too long chafed under corruption and warlordism. Where thugs and corrupt politicians had once reigned, now a reign of Law and Order imposed by Kabila's Police on behalf of Mobutu's government reigned, and business and people had finally began to flourish. One could now walk to the streets of Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, or even Goma, without worry of being harassed, mugged, or killed.
There were areas that were resistant to the new order however, areas where money and long standing corruption had built up strong men who did not take lightly to be told to go away. Already over 100 tickets had been issued at the Baie de Ngaliema, the main river port of Kinshasa, for violations surrounding the new legal codes on River transit. These fines had gone unpaid, and the violators had missed their court dates. The Zairian Police in Kinshasa had now received hard evidence of a crime boss, who had organized the various bosses of the ferries to resist the new laws. Kabila was unhappy, and action was to be taken.
Four entire Precincts of Riot Police had been mobilized for this task, 200 Riot Police in total, they would be equipped with wooden police truncheons and riot shields, several officers would be carrying sub machine guns and pistols, all would be in the black and blue uniforms of the riot police, with black ski masks and Riot Face shields. They would deploy in police vans from their precincts to the Baie de Ngaliema.
Behind them would be 50 Anti-Corruption Police in their Green Uniforms with Yellow and Red Berets, there to monitor the situation and take into custody the ring leaders. Supporting the entire operation would be 500 of the Regular Capitol Police, armed with Truncheons and their service revolvers, they would stay in the rear of the operating area with the Anti-Corruption Police as well as deployed on the edges of the Congo River with Rubber Bullets and sub machine guns. No sirens would be deployed, no advance warning was to be given.
It was roughly 2PM Local Time when Capitaine Louis Franck Shuweli, at the head of his column of officers, turned the corner into the Baie, commerce was carrying on almost as usual, and here was maybe the last place you could see bribes and corruption taking place out in the open in Kinshasa. Money was changing hands, barges were being overloaded, toilets were being emptied into the river. As the Police Columns entered the Port Area and spread out to block the exits, a shuddering quiet started to spread over what had previously been a buzzing commercial area.
The Riot Police had moved with rapid precision, blocking the street exits of the Port Area, while columns of police advanced on the men operating the ferries and the barges, as well as those who had been about to embark on them. Capitaine Shuweli was at the front of the Police advancing on the commercial area, several tables lay out in front of him, where men had been taking money and handing out tickets, without the consent of the government.
Almost as quickly as the silence had fallen on the crowd, so too did pandemonium, Shuweli and his cohorts flipped the tables, Shuweli, grabbing one of the money takers and lifting him by his collar, before smashing him in the skull with his Truncheon, knocking him out cold or worse before tossing him aside and advancing on the crowd. The Riot Police, who had a reputation for being rough, lived up to their reputation, smashing into the crowd with truncheons and riot shields. Quickly either knocking the people unconscious or zip tying them to be picked up later by the follow up crew. Men and women screamed as they rushed for the exits, here the riot police formed a Shield wall, and while men held the ground, others attacked the crowd from behind the wall with their truncheons, or grabbed them and pulled them through the wall to be handcuffed and subdued. Dozens of civilians would flee into the river, here running into the current several would be swept down stream, while a group of roughly five almost made it across the shore, only to run into the units of Regular Police stationed on the other side who would spray them with rubber bullets, losing their footing they would thus be swept up in the current of the river.
The Chaos which seemed to last forever to those involved only in reality lasted about 30 minutes, after their work was done, and the crowd was completely subdued or dispersed, the Riot Police would evaporate into the city and back to their precincts along pre secured routes.
Following immediately behind them were Prison Vans and the Anti-Corruption Police, here they would arrest over 120 workers and citizens that had been handcuffed or beaten unconscious during the action, they would also collect the bodies of 18 criminals of the state who had been liquidated. Bureaucrats who had been hired by the Government of Zaire would replace the ferry and river workers within hours, the Port would be up and running again to the new Government standards.
Capitaine Louis Franck Shuweli was a newly commissioned officer in the Riot Police contingent of the Zairain National Police, he has been standout at the Academy and was immediately placed in command of a precinct of the Riot Police within the Capitol District, the Kinshasa Province, once notorious for its corruption, the Zairian National Police Force had been transformed under Interior Minister Joseph Kabilia into a ruthless anti-corruption pro-government force.
With a large section of the government's budget devoted to national security, the police now saw larger numbers of recruits, and larger supply stockpiles. Every single Provincial Police Department now had several helicopters at its disposal to track fugitives and monitor the countryside and urban areas. This flexibility in both numbers and deployment allowed them to operate as they had never operated before, as a truly professional and organized force. At 400 Officers per 100,000 citizens, Zaire's Police Ration had risen from one of the world's worst to now alongside the world's most secure and safe nations, with more police on the streets per capita than Germany.
This new force was largely welcomed by the people of Zaire who had for too long chafed under corruption and warlordism. Where thugs and corrupt politicians had once reigned, now a reign of Law and Order imposed by Kabila's Police on behalf of Mobutu's government reigned, and business and people had finally began to flourish. One could now walk to the streets of Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, or even Goma, without worry of being harassed, mugged, or killed.
There were areas that were resistant to the new order however, areas where money and long standing corruption had built up strong men who did not take lightly to be told to go away. Already over 100 tickets had been issued at the Baie de Ngaliema, the main river port of Kinshasa, for violations surrounding the new legal codes on River transit. These fines had gone unpaid, and the violators had missed their court dates. The Zairian Police in Kinshasa had now received hard evidence of a crime boss, who had organized the various bosses of the ferries to resist the new laws. Kabila was unhappy, and action was to be taken.
Four entire Precincts of Riot Police had been mobilized for this task, 200 Riot Police in total, they would be equipped with wooden police truncheons and riot shields, several officers would be carrying sub machine guns and pistols, all would be in the black and blue uniforms of the riot police, with black ski masks and Riot Face shields. They would deploy in police vans from their precincts to the Baie de Ngaliema.
Behind them would be 50 Anti-Corruption Police in their Green Uniforms with Yellow and Red Berets, there to monitor the situation and take into custody the ring leaders. Supporting the entire operation would be 500 of the Regular Capitol Police, armed with Truncheons and their service revolvers, they would stay in the rear of the operating area with the Anti-Corruption Police as well as deployed on the edges of the Congo River with Rubber Bullets and sub machine guns. No sirens would be deployed, no advance warning was to be given.
It was roughly 2PM Local Time when Capitaine Louis Franck Shuweli, at the head of his column of officers, turned the corner into the Baie, commerce was carrying on almost as usual, and here was maybe the last place you could see bribes and corruption taking place out in the open in Kinshasa. Money was changing hands, barges were being overloaded, toilets were being emptied into the river. As the Police Columns entered the Port Area and spread out to block the exits, a shuddering quiet started to spread over what had previously been a buzzing commercial area.
The Riot Police had moved with rapid precision, blocking the street exits of the Port Area, while columns of police advanced on the men operating the ferries and the barges, as well as those who had been about to embark on them. Capitaine Shuweli was at the front of the Police advancing on the commercial area, several tables lay out in front of him, where men had been taking money and handing out tickets, without the consent of the government.
Almost as quickly as the silence had fallen on the crowd, so too did pandemonium, Shuweli and his cohorts flipped the tables, Shuweli, grabbing one of the money takers and lifting him by his collar, before smashing him in the skull with his Truncheon, knocking him out cold or worse before tossing him aside and advancing on the crowd. The Riot Police, who had a reputation for being rough, lived up to their reputation, smashing into the crowd with truncheons and riot shields. Quickly either knocking the people unconscious or zip tying them to be picked up later by the follow up crew. Men and women screamed as they rushed for the exits, here the riot police formed a Shield wall, and while men held the ground, others attacked the crowd from behind the wall with their truncheons, or grabbed them and pulled them through the wall to be handcuffed and subdued. Dozens of civilians would flee into the river, here running into the current several would be swept down stream, while a group of roughly five almost made it across the shore, only to run into the units of Regular Police stationed on the other side who would spray them with rubber bullets, losing their footing they would thus be swept up in the current of the river.
The Chaos which seemed to last forever to those involved only in reality lasted about 30 minutes, after their work was done, and the crowd was completely subdued or dispersed, the Riot Police would evaporate into the city and back to their precincts along pre secured routes.
Following immediately behind them were Prison Vans and the Anti-Corruption Police, here they would arrest over 120 workers and citizens that had been handcuffed or beaten unconscious during the action, they would also collect the bodies of 18 criminals of the state who had been liquidated. Bureaucrats who had been hired by the Government of Zaire would replace the ferry and river workers within hours, the Port would be up and running again to the new Government standards.
