Sir
I don’t know how most people feel about real-life videos of violent criminal acts going viral on social media and such but my heart aches for the family of the victims.
I cannot fathom how it must feel for the family and loved ones when this happens.
Case in point is the fatal shooting of a Soweto taxi boss, Dumisani Mthethwa (55), at an Empangeni petrol station last week. The CCTV footage clearly depicts him as he fills petrol at a busy station and then cuts to the moment when he is murdered in cold blood by two
unidentified men.
This was terrifying to watch but my mind kept drifting to the family of this man. Hearing how a person met his/her demise is completely different to seeing it. I would not want to be constantly reminded of how my father, husband, brother or son was brutally murdered every time I log onto Facebook. This video has gone viral on social media and other publications and, as much as it is meant to aid the authorities in identifying the criminals, it is a sore reminder for the families.
It is a growing trend, these days that violent criminal acts go viral and are more popular than acts of kindness and other soft news. I worry that this will lead to people being desensitised towards death in the near future and, as a result, families will never fully heal.
Perturbed
