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Re: Crime situation in T&T.
« Reply #360 on: February 12, 2020, 12:10:30 PM »
Man shot dead in Sangre Grande
By Ralph Banwarie (Guardian).


A land dis­pute at Tu­rure, San­gre Grande, left one man dead and an­oth­er wound­ed and hos­pi­talised.

The dead man who was shot on his chest and neck has been iden­ti­fied as Pre­ston Brent Tay­lor, for­mer­ly of Laven­tille, but resided at 24 Pineap­ple Dri­ve, Va­len­cia.

Po­lice records re­vealed that he is well known to them and was hid­ing out at Va­len­cia and Tu­rure. He is al­so an em­ploy­ee of URP.

The wound­ed man, who is a close friend to the de­ceased, who he went to vis­it was iden­ti­fied as Mar­lon Charles 55, who oc­cu­pies il­le­gal lands at Tu­rure.

Po­lice re­port­ed that around 11 am on Mon­day they re­spond­ed to shoot­ing at Squat­ters Land, Tu­rure, which is op­po­site to the Guaico Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School and Ear­ly Child­hood Cen­tre which is close by.

A team of po­lice of­fi­cers led by Supt Wayne Doo­d­hai, ASPs Dave Re­vanales and Dood­nath Jan­kee along with Sgts Kei­th Leon, Harp­er, Cpl Ram­nar­ine and Cpl Shawn Jones of Homi­cide Bu­reau Re­gion 11 re­spond­ed.

On ar­rival, they ob­served a group of peo­ple gath­ered out­side a house at Tu­rure.

The po­lice found a man of African de­scent ly­ing in a pool of blood in the yard of one of the squat­ters’ house.

He bore gun­shot wounds to his neck and chest and was life­less.

Po­lice al­so found an­oth­er man with gun­shot wounds to his neck.

He was rushed to San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal, where he un­der­went emer­gency surgery and is re­port­ed ward­ed in sta­ble con­di­tion.

The crime scene area was cor­doned off to al­low homi­cide of­fi­cers to process the scene.

Neigh­bours said they heard loud ex­plo­sions ear­li­er.

Of­fi­cers lat­er ar­rest­ed a sus­pect who was lat­er de­tained at the San­gre Grande Po­lice Sta­tion, where he was in­ter­ro­gat­ed by po­lice.

Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer Dr Prince viewed the body and or­dered its re­moval to the San­gre Grande Mor­tu­ary.

Cpl Jones of the Arou­ca Homi­cide Bu­reau, Re­gion Two is con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

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Re: Crime situation in T&T.
« Reply #361 on: February 12, 2020, 12:12:31 PM »
4 die in Rancho Quemado shooting
BY RIA CHAITRAM (NEWSDAY).


The men shot and killed in Rancho Quemado Village on Tuesday evening have been identified.

They are brothers 28-year-old Antonio Alexander of Hill Top, Springvale in Claxton Bay and Shaquille Duttin, 22, of Rancho Quemado, Erin; Jabari Toby, 17, of Eight Road, Palo Seco who died at the scene.

The fourth person, Alifa Augustine, 17, of Alexander Settlement, Erin died at the San Fernando General Hospital around 7.30 pm while being treated.

Police said the men were in a silver-grey wagon when they were shot around 6 pm near the Rancho Quemado Primary School.

Two of them were found dead in the back seat of the car, another was slumped on the front passenger seat and the fourth man managed to crawl out of the car.

Homicide Bureau Region Three is investigating.

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Re: Crime situation in T&T.
« Reply #362 on: February 12, 2020, 12:13:03 PM »
Teen stabbed by schoolgirls in Belmont
BY SHANE SUPERVILLE (NEWSDAY).


A 16-year-old schoolgirl is being treated for stab wounds she received when she was attacked by two other girls in Belmont on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said the girl, a student of Providence Girls' College, was standing at the corner of Belle Eau Road and Belmont Circular Road at around 2.58 pm when she was attacked by two girls from another school.

She was stabbed three times with a compass from a geometry pan.

The girl was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital where she was treated.

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Re: Crime situation in T&T.
« Reply #363 on: February 12, 2020, 12:14:49 PM »
Dog tried to protect murdered man
BY SHANE SUPERVILLE (NEWSDAY).


Blood, the dog, died the way he lived – by protecting his master, Marlon Le-Guerre, who was shot dead in San Fernando on Tuesday afternoon.

Newsday spoke to Le-Guerre's relatives at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, on Wednesday. They lamented the spate of murders in T&T.

One relative said La-Guerre, 48, worked as a plumber and was a devoted family man.

They said criminals had become so cold-blooded that they could murder La-Guerre's cherished pet dog.

"He raised that dog from a puppy. That dog was a part of his family.

"If he and the dog were walking along the street, nobody could attack Marlon without getting bite. I know that Blood would have died protecting him. There was no other way they could attack him."

Relatives said Le-Guerre had eight children and eight grandchildren, and did not know why anyone would want to kill him.

Asked what could be done to reduce murders, one relative said while the police should do more, more should be done by social workers to fix broken homes.

"Long time when someone was killed, the police would step up patrols in the area. Sometimes they would even call the families of the victims just to find out how they are going. You don't see that anymore.

"But you can't blame the police alone. Social Development should put things in place to deal with these youths coming from broken homes because they are the ones doing the killing."

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Man and dog shot dead
BY LAUREL V WILLIAMS (NEWSDAY).


A masked gunman shot and killed a 45-year-old man and his dog on Tuesday morning at the family’s Embacadere, San Fernando home. Dead are Marlon Le Guerre, and the dog, a mastiff.

Police said at about 8.30 am, the gunman who was dressed in black, ran through a track and into Le Guerre’s home at Circular Drive Extension. Residents heard several gunshots and contacted police.

Le Guerre who was in the gallery of his home was shot several times. He was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital where he died. The dog died at the scene. A resident told Newsday that Le Guerre had just returned from dropping his children off at school in San Fernando.

The woman, who asked not to be identified, said, "That killer is not from this area. We do not know that person." Another man said he heard the gunshots and ran in the opposite direction.

ASP Andrew John, Sgts Teeluck and Ramjag, Cpl Elbourne, PCs Mohess, George, Lewis and others from the Southern Division and Homicide Investigations Bureau (Region III) were at the scene. No arrest has been made. Police and residents do not know the dog’s name.

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Re: Crimes From Around the World News Thread
« Reply #364 on: February 21, 2020, 09:51:38 AM »
Doubles vendor murdered in Marabella
By RHONDOR DOWLAT-ROSTANT (Guardian).


A case of a rob­bery gone awry for a dou­bles busi­ness fam­i­ly in Gas­par­il­lo…

Dou­bles ven­dor and fa­ther of two, Daniel Sook­lal, was shot and killed short­ly be­fore mid­night on Thurs­day.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, 30-year-old Sook­lal was sell­ing dou­bles along Union Road in Mara­bel­la, in the vicin­i­ty of the Har­mo­ny Hall Pres­by­ter­ian School, to­geth­er with his wife, Azeema Almeen and work­er Stephanie Khan when a masked gun­man ap­proached them and an­nounced a hold up.

Po­lice said Sook­lal, his wife and work­er at­tempt­ed to run away; how­ev­er, the gun­man opened fire, killing Sook­lal on the scene.

His wife and work­er es­caped in­juries but both are said to be high­ly trau­ma­tised.

A rel­a­tive told the Guardian Me­dia that Sook­lal grew up in the dou­bles mak­ing and sell­ing busi­ness with his moth­er and the fam­i­ly is well known in the south­land, as he owned sev­er­al stalls.

The rel­a­tive de­scribed Sook­lal, as a hard­work­ing in­di­vid­ual and one who loved what he did.

Po­lice said the armed ban­dit is be­lieved to have been lurk­ing around the area wait­ing on the fam­i­ly to close their sales for the night to rob them of their earn­ings.

An au­top­sy will be con­duct­ed on Sook­lal's body on Fri­day, at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre in St James.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #365 on: February 21, 2020, 03:09:27 PM »
f**king pathetic. Why? Tell me Why ? I went to Calypso Monarch last night. Chalkie’s 10 thousand murderers among we, is correct.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #366 on: February 22, 2020, 06:15:14 AM »
Four ministry employees get $750,00 for non promotion
By Derek Achong (Guardian).


The State has been or­dered to pay over $750,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to four em­ploy­ees of the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture, Lands, and Fish­eries, who were by­passed for pro­mo­tion.

High Court Judge Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh or­dered the com­pen­sa­tion for Vi­jay Singh, Rishi Singh, Sunil Ram­nar­ine, and Mar­sha Sookoo in a judg­ment de­liv­ered at the Hall of Jus­tice in Port-of-Spain, on Tues­day.

In their law­suits, the four co-work­ers con­tend­ed that their con­sti­tu­tion­al right to equal­i­ty of treat­ment from a pub­lic au­thor­i­ty was breached as the min­istry had pro­mot­ed their co-work­ers with the same de­gree in Re­source, Recre­ation, and Tourism from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ida­ho.

Vi­jay Singh's law­suit was cho­sen to be the test case, that would de­ter­mine the out­come of the oth­ers, but it was ini­tial­ly dis­missed by Boodoos­ingh.

He ap­pealed and his claim was even­tu­al­ly up­held by the Court of Ap­peal in June 2018.

In de­cid­ing the case, Ap­pel­late Judges Al­lan Men­don­ca, Pe­ter Ja­madar and Pe­ter Ra­jku­mar looked at the pro­mo­tion of three of Singh's col­leagues and ques­tioned why he was treat­ed dif­fer­ent­ly. While they ruled that se­nior­i­ty may have been a fac­tor, they said that should not have made him in­el­i­gi­ble for pro­mo­tion. "No ac­cept­able ex­pla­na­tion has been giv­en for the fail­ure to treat him sim­i­lar­ly," Ja­madar said. As part of the rul­ing, the judges or­dered that Singh and by ex­ten­sion his col­leagues re­ceive com­pen­sa­tion for his loss of op­por­tu­ni­ty at be­ing pro­mot­ed and for the in­con­ve­nience he suf­fered.

In the sec­ond limb of his law­suit, Singh was chal­leng­ing the min­istry's de­lay in de­ter­min­ing whether his de­gree was recog­nised as equiv­a­lent to a de­gree in forestry, which was re­quired for the post. While min­istry stat­ed it was not, in a let­ter to Singh in 2014, it al­so en­deav­oured to seek clar­i­fi­ca­tion on the is­sue from the Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion.

The min­istry was un­able to give an an­swer even as the ap­peal was heard by the pan­el. The judges ruled that the min­istry's de­lay was both un­fair and un­rea­son­able. They not­ed that in 2006, Singh ap­plied to study at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Guyana but was told by the then Min­istry of Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy and Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion that his schol­ar­ship did not cov­er stud­ies at that ed­u­ca­tion­al in­sti­tu­tion. His de­ci­sion to study in the Unit­ed States was based on the min­istry's ad­vice and be­cause that in­sti­tu­tion was recog­nised by the Ac­cred­i­ta­tion Coun­cil of T&T.

In as­sess­ing the com­pen­sa­tion, Boodoos­ingh award­ed the four co-work­ers a to­tal of $350,000 for their loss of op­por­tu­ni­ty. The fig­ure each re­ceived was based on when they should have been pro­mot­ed and the salaries they would have re­ceived. 

Boodoos­ingh al­so or­dered that the State pay each em­ploy­ee $100,000 to vin­di­cate their rights to equal­i­ty of treat­ment.

The em­ploy­ees were rep­re­sent­ed by Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, Alvin Pariags­ingh, and Alana Ram­baran.

The min­istry was rep­re­sent­ed by Coreen Find­ley and Jen­na Ga­jad­har. Kar­lene Seenath, Daniel­la Box­hill, and Am­ri­ta Ram­sook rep­re­sent­ed the Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #367 on: February 24, 2020, 04:46:08 AM »
Woman beaten to death
By Rhondor Dowlat-Rostant (Guardian).


A Guyanese man is now in po­lice cus­tody af­ter he was found cov­ered in blood by po­lice of­fi­cers when they re­spond­ed to a do­mes­tic ar­gu­ment at a house in El Do­ra­do yes­ter­day.

The vic­tim, who has been iden­ti­fied as Nicole Hack­shaw of Kiskadee Dri­ve, Trinci­ty, lat­er died at hos­pi­tal.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, at about 3.50 pm of­fi­cers of the North­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force re­spond­ed to a do­mes­tic vi­o­lence re­port at #268 East­ern Main Road.

Po­lice said up­on ar­rival they met the sus­pect stand­ing in the door­way wear­ing a white vest and a check­ered coloured short pants, cov­ered in blood.

Po­lice said the sus­pect made cer­tain ut­ter­ances and point­ed to a room in­side the house. The of­fi­cers checked the room and saw the vic­tim cov­ered in blood.

Hack­shaw had open wounds to the face.

Po­lice found and seized a piece of wood next to the vic­tim.

The sus­pect was sub­se­quent­ly de­tained.

Hack­shaw was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in Mount Hope where died.

Po­lice say the man will be charged with mur­der.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #368 on: February 26, 2020, 01:39:22 PM »
A Florida woman is being accused of zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die
acollman@businessinsider.com (Ashley Collman)
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Sarah Boone, 42, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder on Tuesday in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr.

The Winter Park, Florida woman called police Monday afternoon after finding her boyfriend dead in a zipped-up suitcase.

She said that she had zipped him up in the suitcase during a game of hide-and-seek, and went to bed without realizing he was still in the luggage.

But police later saw videos on her phone showing her taunting him for cheating on her as he struggled to get out of the suitcase.

A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday after her boyfriend was found dead in a zipped-up suitcase.

Sarah Boone, 42, claimed that Jorge Torres Jr's death was the result of a hide-and-seek game gone wrong. But police decided to arrest her after seeing two troubling videos on her phone, showing Boone taunting Torres as he struggled to get out of the luggage.

According to the arrest affidavit written by Detective Chelsey Connolly, which was reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel, Boone said she and her boyfriend spent Sunday evening sharing a bottle of Chardonnay while painting and doing puzzles. Later in the evening, they started playing hide-and-seek, at which point they thought it would be funny for Boone to zip Torres into a blue suitcase.

Orange County Sheriff's Office

Boone initially told police that she left the zipper slightly unzipped and that two of Torres' fingers could get through. She says she wandered off and went to bed, figuring that Torres had gotten out of the suitcase by himself and followed her to bed later.

The next morning, she told police that she woke up to several calls but ignored them, thinking they were from her ex-husband. She finally woke up around 11 a.m. and figured Torres was just downstairs job-hunting.

But when she finally went downstairs, she couldn't find him, and then realized he might still be in the suitcase — which turned out to be true.

By the time she opened the suitcase, Torres was unresponsive and not breathing, the affidavit reads.

She didn't call authorities immediately, and instead calling her ex to come over first. When he got there, he told her to call 911, Connolly writes. Torres was pronounced dead by paramedics shortly after, around 1 p.m.

The affidavit noted that there were long fingernail scratches on Torres' upper back and neck, he had a busted lip, and that there were bruises on his shoulder, skull, and forehead consistent with blunt force trauma. It didn't say the precise cause of death.

Boone gave police consent to look through their phone, and they found two videos on it showing Torres struggling to get out of the suitcase, according to the affidavit.

In the first video, Torres is heard yelling Boone's name and trying to get out of the suitcase while she laughs.

"Yeah, that's what you do when you choke me. You should probably shut the [expletive] up." Boone said in the video, according to Connolly. "That's on you. Oh, that's what I feel like when you cheat on me."

"I can't [expletive] breathe, seriously," Torres said, according to the affidavit.

The second video shows Torres crying out and struggling to get out of the suitcase from a different position.

During a second interview with investigators, Boone was confronted with the videos, and couldn't even get halfway through watching one of them, according to the affidavit.

She said she doesn't remember recording the videos and admitted that they "looked 'bad,'" according to the affidavit.

Boone said she couldn't say why she went to bed without freeing him from the bag. She then "contradicted her original statement" that she wasn't intoxicated "and began to blame the consumption of alcohol," Connolly wrote.

Boone is currently behind held without bond at the Orange County Jail. If convicted, she faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison.



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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #369 on: March 04, 2020, 02:53:38 PM »
Maracas woman among 3 killed in an hour
BY RYAN HAMILTON-DAVIS (NEWSDAY).


A woman believed to be an innocent bystander to a shooting was one of two people murdered in a shop in Maracas St Joseph. The two were among three people killed in separate incidents within an hour on Tuesday.

Police said at about 4.30 pm, the two victims, identified as 34-year-old Darie Simon and 37-year-old Charlene Ramkissoon, both of Acono Road, Maracas St Joseph, were at the shop when gunmen stormed in and started shooting.

Simon and Ramkissoon were both hit multiple times and died on the spot.

Police found 5.56 mm bullet casings at the scene, suggesting the gunmen used high-powered rifles in the shooting.

At around the same time, Lyndon Pierre was shot metres away from his house in Dibe Road, St James.

Police said Pierre was standing at a car wash on the road when gunmen pulled alongside and shot him several times before escaping.

He was taken to hospital, where he died. The murder toll for the year now stands at 107.

Last year for the same time period the figure was 92.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #370 on: March 11, 2020, 08:37:45 AM »
Two men held transporting this through PoS.
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Police officers stopped a truck transporting a washer and dryer in Port of Spain on Monday night.

The appliances contained an arsenal.

Officers found 3,058 rounds of ammunition, an AR rifle, an AK 47, and four magazine.



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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #371 on: March 12, 2020, 05:56:28 AM »
$500m never converted to polymer—police probe.
By Gail Alexan­der (Guardian).


Po­lice, the Fi­nan­cial In­tel­li­gence Bu­reau (FIB) and the Fi­nan­cial In­tel­li­gence Unit (FIU) may cur­rent­ly be ex­plor­ing who has the “miss­ing” $500 mil­lion miss­ing in pa­per $100 notes which haven’t yet been con­vert­ed to new poly­mer notes, says Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert.

Im­bert spoke about the mat­ter in the Sen­ate yes­ter­day re­ply­ing to queries. In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor Paul Richards had asked what per­cent­age of the $8 bil­lion in “old” pa­per notes which had ex­ist­ed, was con­vert­ed to poly­mer up to Jan­u­ary 31.

Im­bert said at that date, the val­ue of $7.525 bil­lion in pa­per $100 bills had been con­vert­ed.

“This would be ap­prox­i­mate­ly 94 per cent of the es­ti­mat­ed $8b in pa­per-based bills that were in cir­cu­la­tion pri­or to the de­mon­eti­sa­tion process,” he said.

Richards asked if there was any mech­a­nism en­vi­sioned to iden­ti­fy and col­lect the re­main­ing per­cent­age.

Im­bert said, “I wish I could find that out too, Sen­a­tor Richards. I’d love to know who has that miss­ing $500m.”

“I as­sume through a process of au­dit­ing in terms of ban­knotes that would have been sent out to com­mer­cial banks it may be pos­si­ble to dis­cov­er who has that ex­tra $500m. But it’ll be very la­bo­ri­ous. Per­haps the po­lice, the FIB and FIU may be in­ves­ti­gat­ing this mat­ter—as we speak. I wouldn’t want to say much more.”

Richards asked if there was in­for­ma­tion if the mon­ey is in T&T or out­side. Im­bert replied, “T&T cur­ren­cy has no val­ue out­side of T&T. If some­one shipped it out, I don’t know why they’d do that so I’d have to as­sume it would have to be some­where in T&T.”

“I wouldn’t take bait from my friends to say that it’s buried un­der some­body’s house. But I think most of it would be here,” he said.

Im­bert al­so replied to a ques­tion from UNC sen­a­tor Sad­dam Ho­sein on the num­ber of poly­mer $100 notes or­dered and re­ceived by Cen­tral Bank. Im­bert said $94m worth of new poly­mer notes were bought out of which $80m have been re­ceived to date.

“I can’t give a pre­cise time to re­ceive the oth­er $14m,” he added.

He said the Cen­tral Bank would take de­liv­ery of the (rest) when re­quired to change the old notes.

“Poly­mer notes have a lifes­pan of about sev­en years as com­pared with pa­per notes which have a lifes­pan of about two to three years. Cen­tral Bank will take de­liv­ery of the re­main­ing $14m as and when ex­ist­ing notes be­come de­stroyed or worn out,” he said.


Over $500 million in old $100 notes have not been converted to the new polymer bills.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #372 on: August 08, 2020, 09:52:31 AM »
US Embassy gives T&T level 3 travel advisory for crime, covid19
SHANE SUPERVILLE (NEWSDAY).


Although travel restrictions to T&T remain in place, the US Embassy in T&T has issued a advisory to its citizens in T&T to exercise caution, owing to the coronavirus and crime levels.

The advisory, which was issued on Thursday on the US Embassy's website, warned US citizens to exercise increased caution not only for covid19 but also violent crimes.

The advisory urged visiting US citizens to avoid Laventille, Beetham, Sea Lots, Cocorite, and the interior of Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain because of crime, saying violent crimes such murder, robbery, assault, sexual assault, home invasion, and kidnapping, were common.

US Government workers were prohibited from travelling to Laventille, Beetham, Sea Lots, Cocorite, and the interior of the Savannah.

These workers were also advised against travelling to downtown Port of Spain, Fort George, and all beaches after dark.

A level-three travel advisory or orange alert is one step away from a red alert, which warns travellers to avoid a particular destination.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #373 on: November 12, 2020, 06:24:43 AM »

Trinidad Records 25% Decline In Crime Compared To Previous Year

Media channels in Trinidad and Tobago are reporting that the Trinidad and Tobago police service (TTPS) has recorded for the period January to September 2020, there has been a 20-25 percent reduction in crime compared to the same period in 2019. Speaking to the media, police commissioner Gary Griffith stated "We've come to the end of the third quarter  of this year and what we have achieved...today is the first time in the history that there's been 100 less murders at any time in a year in comparison to the same period last year." Griffith said that hopefully this pattern can continue and thanked the public for their participation and cooperation. Read More https://socamusictv.blogspot.com/2020/11/going-in-right-direction-trinidad.html?fbclid=IwAR03J3QVta_9l9vSTEekBJ9rf-OycV0IG-TAukU5dxJI4SZfb7EU4D6_UzQ

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« Reply #374 on: February 07, 2021, 02:51:01 AM »
Police arrest Miya Ponsetto after she falsely accused Black teen of stealing her phone
Investigators coordinated with the New York City Police Department to arrest Miya Ponsetto, 22, for a fugitive warrant in Piru, California - By Wilson Wong and Diana Dasrath.


The woman who was caught on camera attacking and falsely accusing the teenage son of jazz musician Keyon Harrold of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel was forcibly arrested, police said.

Ventura County officers coordinated with the New York City Police Department to arrest Miya Ponsetto, 22, on a fugitive warrant in front of her home in Piru, California, on Thursday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff.

A spokesperson for Ventura County Sheriff told NBC News Thursday Ponsetto did not stop her car after officers contacted her until she reached her home. Officers forcibly removed Ponsetto from the vehicle, saying she resisted arrest, refused to get out of the car, and tried to slam a car door on one of the deputies, the spokesperson said. It was not immediately clear what charges Ponsetto faces, but she awaits extradition to New York.

In an interview on Thursday, attorney Sharon Ghatan said her client, who was not a guest at the hotel but was intending to check-in, briefly left her items unattended in the lobby when she went to retrieve an item from Starbucks in the restroom.

When she came out, Ponsetto realized her phone was missing and asked several people in the lobby, including an “Asian gentleman,” whether they had taken her phone, Ghatan said.

The next people she asked were the Harrolds, who had just left the elevator, Ghatan said. A one-minute viral video of the Dec. 26 incident showed Ponsetto accosting the Harrold family before reporting her missing phone to management.

Tensions escalated, with Ponsetto allegedly attacking 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. Police in New York City said the father “sustained scratches to his hand,” but no other injuries were reported. His father has suggested racial bias played a role in the altercation.

In an interview on Thursday, Ghatan, who is also representing Ponsetto in an unrelated case, doubled down on Ponsetto’s mental health issues and said the incident was “not about race.”

“She suffers from a lot of anxiety attacks,” Ghatan said. “She was alone … 22 years old in a city she doesn’t know, absolutely nobody there and her phone had everything about it.”

Ghatan said she was concerned for Ponsetto’s well-being, saying she was “emotionally and mentally unwell.”

On Tuesday, the attorney confirmed that her client left her phone in an Uber. Ghatan said that had the Uber driver returned her phone 15 minutes earlier, the altercation would not have happened.

“She lost her mind for a hot minute. She is sorry," Ghatan said. "Sadly, these poor Harrolds had to deal with the aftermath.”

Ghatan added that her client wanted to “move forward and put this behind her.”

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« Reply #375 on: February 07, 2021, 02:54:41 AM »
Woman who called cops on Black birdwatcher made 2nd 911 call, prosecutors reveal
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CENTRAL PARK (WABC) -- The woman who called 911 on a Black man that she incorrectly claimed was threatening her in Central Park briefly appeared in court, as her lawyers work out a plea arrangement that will likely require her to perform community service.

Cooper was caught on video back in May in a verbal dispute with birdwatcher Christian Cooper, no relation, whom she accused of threatening her and her dog and then, of trying to assault her.
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Amy Cooper answered her desk appearance ticket for filing a false report on Memorial Day and appeared virtually in arraignment court on Wednesday morning.

The court appearance and paperwork revealed Amy Cooper made a second call to 911, alleging the man "tried to assault" her inside the Ramble in the park.

It was the first time authorities revealed a second 911 had been made.

Only the first call -- alleging the man was threatening her and her dog, with Cooper stressing he was an "African-American man" -- had been previously reported, after it was posted to social media.

When police arrived, Cooper told the officers that she made the calls. The officer asked if the man she was describing "tried to assault or touch her in any way, and she said no."

"Using the police in a way that was both racially offensive and designed to intimidate is something that cannot be ignored," assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi said. "This process can be an opportunity for introspection and education. Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring with the defense, a program designed to have the defendant take responsibility for her actions, but also educate her and the community on the harm caused by such actions. We hope this process will both enlighten, heal and prevent similar harm to our community in the future."

Cooper was ordered to return to court on Nov. 17, when the possible plea arrangement would expect to be finalized.

Christian Cooper declined an interview amid news of the arraignment, but released the following statement:

"My focus has been and continues to be fixing policing and addressing systemic racism. The immediate thing we can do to address systemic racism is vote the White nationalist out of the White House on November 3rd."

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. released the following statement:

"Our Office is committed to safety, justice, and anti-racism, and we will hold people who make false and racist 911 calls accountable. As alleged in the complaint, Amy Cooper engaged in racist criminal conduct when she falsely accused a Black man of trying to assault her in a previously unreported second call with a 911 dispatcher. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed in the police response to Ms. Cooper's hoax. Our Office will pursue a resolution of this case which holds Ms. Cooper accountable while healing our community, restoring justice, and deterring others from perpetuating this racist practice."

In a Facebook post back in May, Christian Cooper claimed Amy Cooper's dog was "tearing through the plantings" and told her she should go to another part of the park. When she refused, he pulled out dog treats, causing her to scream at him to not come near her dog.

He pulled out his phone and started recording Amy calling the police to report she was being threatened by "an African-American man."

The widely watched video posted on social media sparked accusations of racism and led to Amy getting fired from her job and surrendering her dog. The group that took the dog did return it to Amy after an evaluation from a veterinarian and a coordinated effort with law enforcement.

Amy Cooper released an apology through a public relations service after the initial incident, saying she "reacted emotionally and made false assumptions about his intentions."

"He had every right to request that I leash my dog in an area where it was required," she said in the written statement. "I am well aware of the pain that misassumptions and insensitive statements about race cause and would never have imagined that I would be involved in the type of incident that occurred with Chris."

Christian Cooper told "The View" he accepts Amy Cooper's apology, but he believes the incident is part of a much deeper problem of racism in America that must be addressed.

"I do accept her apology," Christian said. "I think it's a first step. I think she's gotta do some reflection on what happened because up until the moment when she made that statement ... it was just a conflict between a birder and a dog walker, and then she took it to a very dark place. I think she's gotta sort of examine why and how that happened."

New York City's Commission on Human Rights also launched an investigation into the verbal dispute.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #376 on: March 18, 2021, 01:30:52 AM »
A White Man Kills 6 Asian Women, and a White Cop Says He 'Had a Bad Day'
By Ishena Robinson


It’s already been a heartbreaking and devastatingly unrelenting year of blatant, dehumanizing and violent acts of racism. It’s echoed four years of ever-escalating incidents in the same vein, not to mention centuries of a state of rotten affairs that is as American as apple pie.

I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted and completely over the cultural tolerance of racism in this country that allows injustices of the kind that stole the lives of six Asian women in Atlanta on Tuesday.

You know who doesn’t seem tired? Law enforcement.

Just hours after 21-year-old Robert Long drove across Atlanta, stopping at Asian-owned spas and systematically killing the women of Asian descent in them (along with two white victims, a man and a woman), Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office gave a press conference Wednesday, during which you might have thought he was Long’s defense attorney.

“He understood the gravity of it,” Baker said, describing the mass killer’s feelings. “He was pretty much fed up, kind of at the end of his rope, and yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did.”

Excuse me while I try not to vomit out my disgust, outrage and disbelief at this heinous statement from a law enforcement officer the morning after several people lost their lives at the hands of a maniac who, unsurprisingly, managed to be taken into police custody unscathed.

It’s almost a cliche, at this point, to say that it’s impossible to imagine any police officer in this country giving a similarly empathetic description of a non-white man suspected of mass murder. Black men, women and children, have been beaten, pepper-sprayed, choked, shot with ketamine and with multiple bullets while experiencing mental health episodes, walking home from convenience stores and for holding everything from sandwiches to cellphones.

Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the U.S. are already living in fear amidst an upsurge in hate crimes that has continued since the coronavirus reached our shores, when the former president quickly launched his racist habit of tying the deadly disease to China, which more racists have followed by casting the blame for the pandemic on random Asian people.

The family and loved ones of all those killed by Long in Atlanta last night are undoubtedly in deep mourning.

But apparently Capt. Baker couldn’t help himself from telling the country the that the victims’ alleged killer was just “having a really bad day,” when he reportedly chose to hunt them down and shoot them.

It’s deeply disturbing whenever we are reminded how far into the realms of inhumane, unbelievable behavior that defenders of whiteness will go to diminish, explain away and understate that very heinous behavior.

What hope do we have for this sickness of white supremacist violence to end if, in a tragedy where women of color were obviously targeted, the people in charge of criminally investigating it are publicly empathizing with the assassin in the IMMEDIATE aftermath?

Indeed, Capt. Baker made sure to publicly pass on the suspect’s word that his actions were “not racially motivated,” but that the women he killed were a “temptation he wanted to eliminate.”

(I should point out here that Baker actually chose to refer to the places the women worked in as being what the killer wanted to eliminate, again providing cover for the white shooter who in actuality specifically “eliminated” HUMAN BEINGS.)

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement that continues to promote the shooter’s own victim-blaming narrative, i.e. that his actions were not racially motivated but in fact are the fault of the massage parlors where he chose to focus his so-called addiction to sex on.

I’ll pause in sharing my own outrage to lift up the words of members of the Asian American community who are also reeling from this double tragedy of a targeted attack on people who look like them, and then law enforcement’s willingness to parrot the attackers’ excuses in a way that predictably allows for denying the deadly threat and pervasiveness of white supremacy, and for those who are already inclined to turn away from the latest slain bodies which prove its perniciousness.

A lot of us are tired of racism. But too many in America are not even reasonably disturbed by the kind of terrorism that comes from people who look like them.

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« Reply #377 on: April 22, 2023, 09:40:47 AM »
 It is always  with dismay to read and to hear of the wanton  crime and  perpetual violence which is  pervasive in our society. However this does not seem to be endemic to just TNT.
 
There are those with a simplistic answer who would want you to believe that the crime situation is attributed to the government or as the cronies of the opposition would  perpetuate their utter hatred and spew venom at the PNM. Recently in scanning the news , this crime pandemic is also a concern for countries like Canada-

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-violent-crime-wave


Nearly 20 years of progress on Canadian violent crime have effectively been erased as the country emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic with a homicide rate worse than any time since the mid-2000s.

In fact, if you remove gang-related killings from the equation, Canada would be eking out a homicide rate roughly on par with that of Iceland, Belgium or Finland.

 Could a return to capital punishment be a deterrent to the rising crime?

https://researchco.ca/2023/03/17/death-penalty-canada-2023/


 I wonder if we did a similar analysis of the situation in TnT if the results would be  on par? As oppose to government bashing and blaming, I think we need to take a closer look at the over all situation than fall into the trap of donkeys braying to gain political mileage.

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« Reply #378 on: April 22, 2023, 02:00:34 PM »
This is a AfroTrini problem. These people who are committing these crimes apparently had no effective guidance(parental or otherwise) during there 12 to 18, 12 to 20 age period. Very few can be brought back in line without incentives to turn their lives around. To late for them. Until AfroTrini community come up with effective and concrete plans to steer these young men from that lifestyle of quick money, die young, then there is no hope. We AfroTrinis have to resolve our issues. Then the crime situation will abate. That is my take. And I stand by that.

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« Reply #379 on: April 23, 2023, 11:28:46 AM »
 It's insidious erroneous and  totally callous to categorize and attribute  the spike in crime as an ' Afro Trini'  problem; secondly to suggest 'these people'  were p[poorly parented shows not only your bias, but possible racial tendencies.

Far for me to be an authority on  the causes of the situation but I do know and have provided links in my post to suggest that TnT is not the only country  faced with a high spike in crime. You may stand by your take but it is rather simplistic to  come to a simple solution of a complex issue.

 I would hope that detailed  analysis by learned  criminologists and researchers alike will yield  possible causes rather than by individuals who continue to attempt to destabilize governance by attributing cause to the government and  spewing racial bias towards   sectors in society.

The notion that crime and an individual's  mental health are intertwined is not surprisingly new but in raising this to a conscious and public level is one we should be addressing: 

 Regional Symposium: Violence as a Public Health Issue – The Crime Challenge

OPENING REMARKS BY DR THE HON. KEITH ROWLEY, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM: VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE – THE CRIME CHALLENGE, APRIL 17, 2023

Fellow Caribbean Leaders, peoples of the Caribbean, from Mexico to Suriname, Welcome…welcome to this Symposium, this unique exchange of experiences and perspectives, among the people of the Caribbean.

This morning we, the many components of  Caribbean leadership, stand here as a collective body speaking to, and with you, the whole of the Caribbean, above all in our geographical, social, racial, religious, economic and democratic complexities, and diversity.

This is a historic moment.

What brings us here is not that diversity, it is not the usual command gathering to deal with Trade, Education, Finance, Tourism, Health or Diplomacy.  We have assembled here in this unity of purpose to confront a problem — one that is common and threatening to every aspect of every individual’s life in the Caribbean.

The Founding Father of this great Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Eric Eustace Williams, standing before a similar audience, at the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, in 1973 noted that:

“All of us here today are genuine representatives of the Caribbean, with a common history based on the Caribbean trinity – colonialism, monoculture, and racism – the symbols of fragmentation…and isolation of one territory from another.”

He added that there could be no new Caribbean dispensation, no Caribbean future which does not truly mean the integration of the peoples of the region, and their economies.

Dr Williams then referred to what he described as “a larger aspiration”, a larger purpose, advising that the Caribbean’s strength is in its union, and that the Caribbean’s danger is in its discord.

This morning, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Caribbean, we are here to address an aspect of that “larger aspiration” that Dr Williams spoke of, displaying our union of purpose, and, hopefully, we are all fully aware of the dangers that await us in discord.

As we are now well into the 21st century, the record will show that for all of the new era we all have continued to be haunted by violence from the domestic quarters at home, to our school yards, to our streets and our borders. In short ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, violence is threatening to destroy our paradise in the Caribbean Sea. This is not to say that we have not been struggling to cope with this truth, on the contrary we have been, but if we are not careful its stubbornness and metastasizing malignancy could overwhelm us. Violence in the Caribbean is a public health emergency which threatens our lives, our economies, our national security and by extension every aspect of our well-being.

In Trinidad and Tobago, in the years 2011 to 2022 we have lost and had to grieve for 5,439 lives to violent murder, largely through the use of imported firearms and ammunition. In 2011 we lost 352 lives and by 2022 the annual count was over 600, a new record, already being challenged by the murder rate for 2023. Except for Covid, in a pandemic, none of the listed dangerous diseases have taken lives like this in our population.

For the thousands of wounded, victims and perpetrators alike, a surgical intervention to the head costs approximately $170,000, a surgical intervention for a chest wound would cost about $135,000. A shot to the leg requiring surgical intervention would cost just under $100,000 and a leg shot without surgical intervention would cost about $40,000 in medical care and attention. All of these frequent daily incurred costs are to be borne by the taxpayers at every level from scarce revenues diverted from other more deserving productive priorities.

Our current laws acknowledge a suite of afflictions, Yellow fever, Smallpox, Plague, Cholera, Ebola, Novel Corona virus as notifiable, warranting emergency responses if even only a few cases are known to appear. Violent behaviour, violent crime, violent crime involving the use of firearms, the associated individual and group mental health trauma accompanying violent behaviour , so ever present amongst us now, pose a far greater destructive threat than these diseases and on that basis alone qualifies violence as a public health emergency.

During the last 15 years, using the Trinidad and Tobago example, in the growing quest for safety and security we have seen a significant increase in the allocation in the national budget for National Security. In 2008 policing alone represented 32 per cent of the $4 billion National Security budget. By 2017 this rose to 38 per cent. Even in the tighter budgetary environment of 2023 policing still accounted for 43 per cent of the National Security allocation.

In the political arena some believe it is all about having the right National Security Minister, others share their epiphany of separating the Ministry of National Security into fragments of Homeland Security and Defence; wish it was that simple. In fact, Trinidad and Tobago’s own experience put those theories to the test. In recent years we have had ten (10) Ministers of National Security sourced from career politicians, (including that of Prime Minister), the military and the private sector. One administration (PNM) had one Minister who served for seven unbroken years grappling with the upsurge of violent crime and insufficiency in policing. A succeeding administration, (UNC), in a five year term, had five (5) National Security Ministers (with junior assistants) with tenure ranging from a few months each to two years. This current administration (PNM) has had 3 Ministers in eight (8) years and the one indisputable fact in all these musical chairs is that the violence has not abated, it has, in many instances, increased and become even more cynical. Clearly the problem does not exist and grow because of a shortage of Ministers or even Ministerial output.

This forum has been long in coming. Recently CARICOM Heads of Government began looking at rising Crime and Violence in the region as a Public Health issue, with commitments to mount a symposium as this one in 2019, but all efforts were understandably displaced and delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is against this background that when Trinidad and Tobago announced its intention to have its own national discourse and our Caribbean neighbours gladly agreed to join in that we had no hesitation in making room for widest participation.  As Booker T and the MGs say, ‘’Time is tight” so let us all ,very conscientiously, make the most of it in small doses as we speak, listen and absorb, in preparation to fight this demon.

Ladies and Gentlemen, just look at media reports. They appear to be telling us that across the region, territories are under siege from the acts of crime and violence from elements of our own society, just minorities, who are today creating larger atmospheres of fear, despondency, trauma, surrender, and hopelessness, among us all. This is a battle in which we must all be engaged. This is a war that we cannot afford to lose.

In this engagement Governments are open to uncomplimentary charges of, some say, indifference, others say impotence, unimaginative planning, discrimination, abdication of duties, poor leadership, and with repeated calls for resignations. Ole talk is cheap, we know that but let us try and extract some light from the expressions of the next two days, in the fervent hope and expectation that the beast of violence which has stalked us for virtually all our existence in this blue Caribbean Sea, will be starved of its sustenance, condemned to wither and die so that we all may live in peace, safety and harmony from the home to the school to the streets to the borders.

Our presence here is admission that Crime and Violence are now a major part of the Caribbean’s overall plethora of problems, ranging from petty theft, to school violence, home invasions, domestic violence, sexual abuse, human trafficking, drive-by shootings, drug-gang warfare, mindless daily revenge murders, etc.

When such a situation arrives at the door, it is said that there was a failure of the society to spot an oncoming crisis. Then there may be the later failure to perceive the extent of that arrived situation, as a societal problem. Further, there may be problems of finding solutions, and whether the solutions, selected, may even succeed.

Today, if there is one aspect that we…we all may be guilty of, is that the problem of criminality and violence was not dealt with sufficiently, in a much earlier time frame, in the homes, in the schools in the prisons, in the courts and in the Parliaments.

There was what can be described as “a creeping normalcy”; we allowed slow, moderate, deviant behavioural trends to increase; we allowed slips in our aged-old standards, in ethical and moral norms in our family homes, in our schools, in public institutions, on our roads and in public places.

All of which, hindsight reminds us that we should have checked very early.

Instead, we seemed to have been saying that these times are different; this is the modern age of American gun culture, as we adopt, the internet revolution with its tremendous promises and all its warts. An age of selfish individualism has been allowed to flourish at the expense of the society itself.

So, morals and values are now considered flexible, their lines are blurred, and they occupy spheres of their own, determined and shaped by one’s personal whims, the present, fashionable social trends, and, worst, the political and bureaucratic shortcomings of something malleable called “the system” .

So, over the next two days, Caribbean people, helped by inputs from cross-sections of the Caribbean citizenry, will attempt to address the full scale of the problems of Crime and Violence, in the context of a Public Health issue.

Hopefully, there will be elements of operational consensus, after the planned examination and exchanges, which will form a plan of action, that will give the Caribbean people their much-needed assurance that something — beyond talk — will be done, using the same planned, programmed and strategic methods that were adopted to confront the challenges of Covid-19.

Ladies and Gentlemen, again Welcome to the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and I pray that as we have done here in our Constitution in Trinidad and Tobago, that we recognise the Almighty’s presence throughout all our deliberations.

Finally, I must assure you that Caribbean peoples, in spite of our circuitous history, we have evolved, and continue to stand strong today.

May Almighty God continue to Bless us all. 

 
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Re: Crimes News Thread
« Reply #380 on: May 07, 2023, 10:54:12 AM »
Lately friends and family have been bringing my attention to the alarming number of homicides taking place in TNT. It is disconcerting to say the least. It reviewing the news and the show' Crime Watch' it appears that the preponderance of salient crimes  are homicides which gets the lime light.

What I find most discouraging is the lack of a concrete action to deter and to lower these occurrences. Some talk shows, political pundits, and other sectors of the populations have given attention to blaming: the government, the P.M, the National security Council, the opposition, Minister of security yet no one seems to be looking at accountability as a collective endeavor.

I do not adhere to political bashing, government criticism or  personal character attacks  of political figures when there seems to be a lack of action- I find that  disrespectful to be calling out  individuals as 'chupid' or otherwise- when former ministers or commissioners go on talk shows and decry others I don't think that is getting us anywhere  but creating  public sentiments,  accruing props and allowing for people to lose faith in the system.

WHAT DO WE EXPECT?

Do we expect to know and to be at each vicinity prior to a homicide occurring to prevent it? preposterous notion- however do we expect to see: a better police response to reports of impending threats which may lead to a crime? do we expect to see more active policing in areas of  higher areas  where  crimes may occur?

Should we expect some joint  defense force /police increase patrols?  Should we expect to see implementation of police dragnet - a  system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road blocks  traffic stops, widespread searches in areas in all regions, and general increased police/ army/ coast Guard presence?- patrolling streets- villages- communities and the seas.

I am amazed that a National Security minister could absolve himself of  not being plan of creating a crime reduction plan!!!!!
Mr. Minister if yuh cyar think up ah plan - go google  what other countries are doing- It is very clear that we are not the only country dealing with this issue. For example  look at the following initiatives:

The National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) is an integral part of the Government of Canada's continued efforts to tackle crime in order to build stronger, healthier communities.


The NCPS is the policy framework for the implementation of crime prevention interventions in Canada, by providing funding to strategically selected projects that contribute to preventing and reducing crime in Canada and to increasing knowledge about what works in crime prevention.

For more information

Contact the Regional office nearest you, call 1-800-830-3118 or send an email to ps.prevention-prevention.sp@canada.ca.

Register for the NCPS mailing list to receive updates on the NCPS, including notification on funding opportunities.

Visit the Crime Prevention Funding Programs page[/i]

“As Minister of Public Safety, I am pleased to respond to the Report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security entitled A Path Forward: Reducing Gun and Gang Violence in Canada.

It matters little as to which political entity is in power;  what needs to occur is that  the safety of this country's  citizens should be placed first and foremost; that  as a society we need to do better for the common good than  reduce ourselves to politicizing each and every action for political gains and power.
 If you think you have the answer, let's get a standing committee together invite - concern citizens, the crime  watch man, Ian A , former ministers,  police commissioners, inspectors,   faith leaders from all walks of life all political parties. put aside differences- race , religion and politics- put at the forefront the country of TNT.
 This country is under siege and it is not the sole responsibility of the government to solve it but the government do have a role to  play in seeking out all possible solutions and to accommodate all possible perspectives and actions to deter the  erosive and malicious  miscreants in society. Let's leave no stone unturned in cleaning  house  and state- Each citizen has a duty to ensure that criminal elements do not reside within nor are they benefitting from the proceeds of criminal activity.

 

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