Philippine President Admits to 'Personally' Killing Drug Dealers

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed suspected drug traffickers during his two-decade tenure as mayor of the southern city of Davao. Duterte made the admission Monday during a speech before a group of businessmen, boasting that he would ride around Davao on his motorcycle and "just patrol the streets... looking for a confrontation so I could kill." The president said he would kill drug suspects just to show police "that if I can do it, why...

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