"Even prior to announcing his candidacy for the May 2016 presidential election, Duterte was already very clear about his intention to eliminate crime by eliminating criminals: “If by chance that God will place me there, watch out because the 1,000 [people allegedly executed while Duterte was mayor of Davao City] will become 100,000. You will see the fish in Manila Bay getting fat. That is where I will dump you.”"
The massacre of 100,000 people would put Duerte well into the "crimes against humanity" league.
This has been tried in the West for decades and not worked so far.
> letting a fentanyl dealer rot in prison for the rest of their lives
This already happens.
> sting operations with cops posing as drug-seeking addicts to catch doctors handing them out like candy
This already happens as well, although you then have to draw a line between perfectly legal prescription and illegal dealing.
> If you sell drugs, you get executed
This policy is currently collapsing the Philippines; 7,000 dead already: https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/03/02/license-kill/philippin...
"Even prior to announcing his candidacy for the May 2016 presidential election, Duterte was already very clear about his intention to eliminate crime by eliminating criminals: “If by chance that God will place me there, watch out because the 1,000 [people allegedly executed while Duterte was mayor of Davao City] will become 100,000. You will see the fish in Manila Bay getting fat. That is where I will dump you.”"
The massacre of 100,000 people would put Duerte well into the "crimes against humanity" league.