The crisis of Indonesian policing: Guardians of the people or protectors of power?
- Written by Perdian Tumanan, PhD Candidate in Ethics and Religion, Villanova School of Law
The death of 21-year-old Indonesian online delivery driver Affan Kurniawan, who was crushed by a Barracuda police vehicle during a protest, invites comparisons to George Floyd. The African American was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020, sparking global Black Lives Matter protests.
One thing unites both cases: they reflect arbitrary...





