No, crime is not going to be corralled overnight ! No one is that naïve‘, but the body count is what we have to go by . If the body count is anything to go by clearly we have a problem.
Part of what Opposition Parties do while in Opposition is formulate and means-test policies. Those policy positions are then transformed into platform positions and placed before electors who vote on them.
The old saying “elections have consequences” then comes into play, the consequence being that the party elected now have a mandate to enact those policy positions into law.
There is a kind of common perception that Jamaicans want to live in the crime infested environment in which they are forced to exist.
I disagreed when I served as a police officer and I disagree today decades after my brief foray into law-enforcement.
I have spoken on previous occasions to the good natured fun loving nature of the Jamaican people.
I have also spoken to the many young Jamaican men whom I have met inside and outside the country and the way they generally behave far and away from the brutish monster-like killer mentality which slaughter the innocent.
I continue to believe that crime in Jamaica thrives on the simple fact that no one has decided, “this stops now”!
The biggest problem for our country is that those young men and women who engage in criminal conduct do so with the distinct knowledge that they have up to a 93% chance of never ever getting caught.
The degenerate brutal nature of the crimes they commit stems from the fact that they know there are numerous agencies wittingly and unwittingly militating on their behalf.
The unfortunate thing about this particular group is that some are actually taxpayer funded, wholly or in part.
The justice system which is supposed to stand up for the interest of the aggrieved is exponentially more interested in protecting the interest of criminals.
I understand these are broad and general terms,but I say these truths to give a broad view as to why Jamaicans are barricaded in their homes not sure if their doors are going to be kicked in resulting in them going out in a hail of bullets.
The Jamaican crime situation has been on an upward trajectory since Hugh Lawson Shearer stepped aside as Prime Minister. Since then there has been a step by step climb up the ladder, each rung representing a greater degree of acquiescence not necessarily by the Jamaican people but by a plethora of a special Interest groups. These groups occupy spaces in the hallowed halls of academia through the Pulpits of the many Churches , through some board rooms of the business sector all the way to the street corners of the ardent garrisons in Arnett Gardens, Tivoli Gardens and others.
Regular Jamaicans have simply come to this place of acceptance because they feel they have no choice. When a high court judge tells a grieving family unable to get justice for their murdered loved one ‚that they cannot speak out because it will endanger the rights of the very killer who took the life of their loved one there is a problem.
When a Minister of justice advocates for discarding cases stuck in the system for over five years (including murder cases) without first fixing the root cause of what’s causing the bottleneck the people are forced to resign themselves to the notion that they cannot do better,.
There is a reason that murder is against common law and not a statute.
Murder is not a crime which needs litigating, from the beginning of human existence everyone knew that the unlawful taking of another human life was unacceptable , it was wrong.
There is a reason there is no statute of limitations involved with this crime. This means that there is no cut off date for someone to be prosecuted for the unlawful killing of another. It is because of the profound and far reaching nature of the seriousness of murder why societies place no limits on how long it will take how far they will go to prosecute murderers.
That is of course with the exception of Jamaica, if Delroy Chuck gets his way.
This makes it impossible to reconcile that internationally recognized eternal protocol , with the views of Delroy Chuck. Shockingly Delroy Church the Island’s Justice Minister is the person advocating for the dismissal of cases, including murder cases which have been stuck in the system for over five years.
How does a public servant, who is supposed to represent the good guys adopt policy positions which are antithetical to the very people whose interest he claim to represent?
The simple answer is that he can’t .
The greatest impediment to the nation’s progress is the ignorance of the people.That ignorance has allowed a totally incompetent and morally bankrupt political party to literally run the Island into the ground, leaving it teetering on the brink of collapse.
If the present Administration is serious about crime it will hire more judges who are not criminal defense lawyers. Hire more prosecutors. Improve the investigative capabilities of the Police department. Seek help beefing up the investigative capabilities from overseas.
Repeal the INDECOM Act , and replace it with a fairer more rational law. Unshackle the Police and allow them to go after the killers.
Make it know that there is a zero tolerance policy toward crime. Make it known that criminals will find no refuge anywhere in the country.
Provide the security forces the resources they need to get the job done.
https://mikebeckles.com/tesha-miller-returns-amidst-warning-feckless-police/
On the release of Klansman Don Tesha Miller from an American prison I asked what steps were the security forces taking to ensure that his return will not be a return to the days when he ruled the Klansman Gang?
Needless to say Tesha Miller is allegedly once again a major contributor to the murder statistics.
Like Donovan Bulbie Miller and others before and after were allowed to commit crimes and pay no price ‚Tesha Miller has returned to the criminal paradise that Jamaica has become, and is now reportedly back at murder and mayhem.
The highly placed who call for throwing out murder cases should be made patently aware that these kinds of policies will not be tolerated. Doing the same thing and expecting a different result may be the personification of insanity . Simply put it means you are stupid.
There comes a time when the Prime Minister must come to the realization that his primary duty is to secure the nation.
That time is now.….