The police's job is to protect us yet one of their members was mowed down by a motorist recently. The driver is at large while the officer's life is hanging by a thread.
Today businessman, Dean Shaw was brutally murdered. Who cares? Where are the professional roadblockers? Where are the demonstrators? We cannot continue like this. Somebody has to put a stop to it. The people of Jamaica seem to be fast asleep!
Many are ready to block roads and burn tyres if the police dare to touch an alleged criminal. We were prepared to die for Dudus and Zeeks. The media and citizens were caught in a shark-like frenzy when a convicted criminal was returned to our shores. There was national euphoria when a young man was released from prison stepped into a waiting limousine and whisked away like a Head of State.
Where are the demonstrators against the brutal treatment of that police officer who is now fighting for his life? Where are the demonstrators against the killing of that well-loved businessman in Kingston today?
When will the people and its leaders declare that we have had enough and all criminals will have no safe place in Jamaica?
We are jokers!!!
A police officer was run over by a sick taxi driver.
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| Dean Shaw |
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BREAKING NEWS!
Cameraman Ruben Nunez died yesterday. He was a friend of Bark Di Trute and has spent many years working in the media. He has worked at TVJ, JBC and Nationwide Radio.
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| Ruben Nunez |
To his wife and children - Be Strong. We love you.
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The state can only protect themselves....they have constant body guards attached to them....crime will only be taken seriously dung yah when some high state official is the victim....the churches will still collect tithes and offerings tomorrow.....cabinet will meet on Monday same....Mr Shaw,albeit of a upper crust hue was just a mere trn holder....may his soul rest in peace and condolences to his family.
ReplyDeleteMost Jamaicans are Criminals in their Criminals Paradise.
ReplyDeleteThe Crime Industry is aporoximately 10% of GDP that's about or close to US$2.7 billion. We have a ligitimate and illigitimate sectors of the industry.
Larger than either Agriculture 8%,mining or manufacturing.
Jamaica loves Criminals,
murdertainment, Donmanism and "Nasty Mouthism" a brand new philosophy embraced and promoted by males,females,young and old from varying socio economic strata of society.
I am horrified by the latest national curse phrase
"go _ yuh madda".
"Sas Crise", where are we heading to the mountain top or down into a gully hole of decadence and deception.
Don't use a broad brush....no one is born with crime and criminality imprinted on their brain....by making such illogical conclusion you are undermining the very salient and we'll supported points you have made....duh bettah
ReplyDeleteThese criminal need to stop the police know most of them and would get rid of them but because of human rights attacking them they are afraid now we have another set of people without job because of these ANIMALS SAD
ReplyDeleteOur sincere condolences to Mr. Shaw's family and friends.
ReplyDeleteJamaicans do not love criminals!! Neither you nor I do, we are Jamaicans!! There is a crime problem in this country, are our politicians serious about solving the problem? No they are not!
Mr. Derby, would you like Mr. Shaw's family, friends and neighbours to mount a demonstration, where? To what end? To let the politicians know that we are fed up?
Crime is BIG business!! Attack it from that angle, make it difficult for crime $$ to be made. Unfortunately, the average Jamaican is focused on eeking out a living, trying to leave or trying to stay out of the way of 'criminals' that it may seem that we do not care but we do not know what else to do!
My humble suggestion, gun amnesty after which anybody with an illegal gun will be charged. I can't remember anyone being charged for any large arms find. Me and my friends waving pieces of 'kard boad' is NOT the answer, sorry, political will is! How do we force that?!
As long as the govt thinks only "fighting crime" is important we will be in trouble. Fostering respect for law and order should go hand in hand with the fight. Also ALL laws should be enforced. The authorities have taken the attitude that only major crime and murder are worth attention. Just look at the chaos on the roads.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to the family of Mr. Dean Shaw. I pray that they are comforted as they mourn the loss of their loved one.
ReplyDeleteThe solutions to crime are multifaceted. It won't be solved by government intervention alone. A major part of the problem is our poor family values, which is a fertile ground for spawning criminals. We produce criminals in this country like products from an assembly line, and some who don't turn to criminality are so dysfunctional that they are a constant source of negative energy. We need to seriously address this chronic crisis in the Jamaican family cause far too many children are growing up in unloving homes. Many have no fathers - a horrible legacy of slavery. Jamaica has the highest rate of children born out of wedlock than anywhere else in the world, so the likelihood of growing up in a single-mother household is high. We need to work to address this culture. Many children are being abused, and many are not getting proper guidance. It would be good if more persons get involved in a mentorship program if they want to do something about crime. They can mentor kids at their alma maters or get involved in the government's mentorship programmes at the Ministry of Natl Security or at the Ministry of Justice. You have a disproportionate # of women volunteers (who are mentoring boys) than you do men. More men are dying from crime, but they're the last to get involved in a mentorship program.
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt condolences to Dean's family, friends & loved ones. My heart is pained into silence right now. RIP Dean.
ReplyDeleteWarm condolences likewise to Mr Nunez's family and you too Mr Derby on the death of your friend.
ReplyDeleteJamaica does not manufacture guns and amunition, yet we have them in unlimited supply. We need to stop the guns coming in with the same seriousness as the US takes to stop the drugs leaving here to go there.
ReplyDeleteCan Jamaicans earn raise families, do business, survive on a pension in this economy, at the cost of health care, the cost of food, education, transportation, and for many, the basic amenities of light and water?
Now that our Ministers and MPs have armed themselves with higher wages, don't they have a responsibility to fix the economy to achieve prosperity for all? Fixing crime is not only about police action. If protest is only about about a television appearance and a sound byte, it will fix nothing. Where is academia in all of this?
There was a research by economists in the US that made a correlation between crime and unwanted children. If we are breeding like rabbits and having children for whom we can't orovude for, what is the likelihood that many of them are unwanted and could end up in a life of crime?
I'm so sorry for that Policeman. Please keep us posted on his condition.
ReplyDelete2 Questions & 2 Comments:
Would it have been illegal to shoot a tire if the driver is trying to evade the police?
Do they have single 'shark teeth' like apparatus to throw before one tire at the back and one at the front when a " high risk" motorist is stopped? (Some Taxi drivers/ motorists are clearly high risks.)
Comment 1:
I hope the Police see what some motorists will do and do not stand before a vehicle especially one driven by an wayward motorist.
Comment 2:
When the plague of irresponsible and unlawful taxi operators were released after the grand fiasco with outstanding tickets, this is one of the predictable consequences. The law-abiding Taxi operators are hurting because of these motoring outlaws.
What next?
In many ways we are a dysfunctional society with unwise so called intelligence leaders who really ignorant & easily swayed by irrelevant policies from other countries. Let the politicians continue to 'fiddle' as Jamaica burns. We need Corporal punishment with death sentence, swift but fair and consistent application to all in the society. Refer to Singapore of the 70s / 80s.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul R I P this is not good
ReplyDeleteYour article is spot on today, the sensationalism of media is focused on the villans rathan than positive and uplifting items worthy of news. The media is revering wrong doers as heroes and it's sending the wrong message. This continuous uptick in crime doesn't feel real until it knocks on your door. Wake up folks.
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