The claim by a young Clarendon woman Nzinga King that members of the Four-Paths police cut her dreadlocks, has elicited much debate and a swift decision by the police high command to initiate a top-tiered investigation.
All good stuff; however, I choose to await the outcome of the investigations initiated by Commissioner of Police Antony Anderson.
Frankly, I was skeptical when I heard the story, and I still am. Not because police officers have stopped doing dumb things, but because Rastafarianism has become such an accepted part of our Jamaican culture that it has been hard for me to imagine that any police officer would be so stupid to engage in activities of that sort, but I may be wrong.
In the meantime, some politicians from a certain political party, one Patricia Duncan-Sutherland, jumped headfirst into the fray, and have been giving media interviews on behalf of the young woman and have helped the young lady and her family to secure legal representation in the person of Isat Buchanan.
It is always easy to seek and get hype off the police in Jamaica, and truthfully some officers make it easy for the wannabe politicians/vultures to hop onto their fenders, but I digress.
One such failed politician, of the Rastafarian disposition, even posited that he intended to stop by the police station to find out for himself what had occurred.
Now seriously, I hope that if and when he does decide to stop by the police station, in the face of an ongoing investigation, the police trim the locks from his head and send that idiot on his way.
That said, there are new rumblings that the young woman lied to her schoolmates about her age, lied that the police broke her cellular device, and told her classmates that she trimmed her own locks and regretted doing so. Frankly, if she lied about one thing it brings into question everything else she claimed happened.
One classmate was not shy about telling the media that she was lying about the whole thing.
If this turns out to be a lie, I hope that the police will make an example of her by arresting her and ensuring that she is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for public mischief, or whatever else Jamaican law allows statutorily.
If however, any police officer did violate her rights in that way they should be punished according to the rules of the JCF and where possible, held accountable civilly.
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I thought it ironic that they chose Isat Buchanan to represent her, a twice-convicted felon now practicing law.
Isat Buchanan was busted twice on felony crimes, even when busted and convicted he lied that he was innocent rather than take responsibility for what he had done.
He now represents another potential Rastafarian liar. And that a failed Rastafarian politician chose this as the hill he wants to die on to gain relevance, as he pontificates about going to find out for himself what really happened.
Just sweet…you simply cannot make this shit up.….
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Mike Beckles is a former Police Detective, businessman, freelance writer, black achiever honoree, and creator of the blog mikebeckles.com.