Kiev Sends "Special Police Unit", With Militia, To Odessa As Local Police Defy Kiev's Authority

[Fred Sanders]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-sends-police-unit-to-odessa-to-restore-order-after-separatists-raid-police-station/2014/05/05/f5c34f9e-d435-11e3-8a78-8fe50322a72c_story.html?hpid=z1


"Acting Deputy Interior Minister Avakov said the Kiev-1 police battalion had arrived in the country’s third-largest city to calm tensions that spiked when local police were unable — or unwilling — to control pro-Russian mobs. Avakov, in a posting on his Facebook page Monday, said the failure of the local police to keep order in Odessa was an “outrage” and possibly criminal in nature.

The special police unit, he said, was recently formed with the assistance of “citizen activists,” presumably to ensure its loyalty to the acting government. Avakov also said the entire leadership of the local police had been dismissed, and he pledged an investigation of their role in the violence.

As questions arose about the effectiveness and loyalty of the police in restive areas of the country, Turchynov, the acting president, said the government was forming special police units and reshuffling the leadership of several local police forces."
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This is what you get when you violently overthrow a democratically elected government, the majority are opposed to you.

[Duckhunter935]

1. Your title a litle inflaming is it not

In Odessa, a special police battalion was deployed by the central government to help restore order, Avakov said. The move came a day after pro-Russian militants attacked a police station in Odessa and freed 67 of their allies, who had been detained during violent clashes Friday.

Avakov said the Kiev-1 police battalion had arrived in the country’s third-largest city to calm tensions that spiked when local police were unable — or unwilling — to control pro-Russian mobs. Avakov, in a posting on his Facebook page Monday, said the failure of the local police to keep order in Odessa was an “outrage” and possibly criminal in nature.

The special police unit, he said, was recently formed with the assistance of “citizen activists,” presumably to ensure its loyalty to the acting government. Avakov also said the entire leadership of the local police had been dismissed, and he pledged an investigation of their role in the violence.

As questions arose about the effectiveness and loyalty of the police in restive areas of the country, Turchynov, the acting president, said the government was forming special police units and reshuffling the leadership of several local police forces.

Were does it say "Local Police Defy Kiev's Authority", oh it does not but that's your spin. Police fail to control the protests of BOTH sides should be fired. It is their job to keep the peace. Do not like the citizen activists part, should not have been done and this very well might inflame an already over tense situation.