Mike On The Alleged Police Trimming And A Short Slap At The Maroons…

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1. The Maroon should take no spe­cial priv­i­lege, more favor­able than the ordi­nary Jamaicans, who are descen­dants of our fore ‑par­ents who labored in the Tropical Sun in the cane fields, and the domes­tic slaves, who labored in the hous­es of the “Massas”. The British Overlords used them to sup­press the slaves. They did not help the slaves, they recap­tured them, and in any insur­rec­tion by the slaves, they were vis­cous­ly put down by the Militias, and the Maroons. The Maroons see the 1739 Treaty as both “their shield, and sword”. But this is an inef­fec­tive weapon, because it can­not shield them, if, and when they com­mit a crime against State laws. “All per­sons in Jamaica are equal under the law, and amenable to the juris­dic­tion of the ordi­nary courts of Jamaica” includ­ing the maroons. The 1739 Treaty, was use­ful to them, vis a vis the “British Overlords”, but the 1739 Act can­not over­ride the Jamaica Constitution order of 1962. The Government of “Independent Jamaica” on the 6^th of August 1962 was, and is still Government over every square inch of the Jamaica Home land, for all time com­ing. They are amenable to the Laws of Jamaica. The Government of Jamaica, is Government over all Jamaica, includ­ing the Maroon, just like how the Parishes of St. Ann, or Westmoreland, can­not seclude them­selves from oblig­a­tions under the law of Jamaica. In the same man­ner, the Seminoles tribe of American Indians is amenable to to state Laws, and Federal laws in the USA, and can­not pur­ports to say, that once they abide by the laws of their Tribal Reservation, they can­not be arrest­ed and charged, for an offence under the fore­go­ing laws. This is the broad prin­ci­ple, only .I am not sug­gest­ing that the two sys­tems of law are iden­ti­cal. If A Magistrate, or Judge sit­ting on the bench of the Jamaican Court, should give a deci­sion exempt­ing a Maroon Citizen of Jamaica from a crime, whether, Indictable or Summary juris­dic­tion, I can almost hear that solic­i­tor address­ing “His Honour” of imme­di­ate notice of appeal, which he or she, would be will­ing to pur­sue to the very high­est Appellate Courts in Jamaica, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, to set the record straight.

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