The witnesses’ chilling testimony in the Klansman gang trial bore out some important details that Byran Sykes will surely miss.
According to one witness who testified remotely, Klansman gang boss Andre “Blackman,” Bryan ordered the killing of a man known as [Outlaw]. The individual killed in Lauriston had been marked for death by Bryan. According to the self- confessed gangster turned state witness, Bryan had asked him for a ride to the scene in a separate vehicle from the shooter’s because the reputed Klansman leader “wanted to see Outlaw before he was killed.”
He parked on an opposite side of the road so Bryan could have his wish, and they watched the soon-to-be victim for about five minutes. After pulling away from the area where shots were heard fired, Bryan started laughing.
A phone call moments later informed them that “Outlaw” had been killed, was met with more laughter from Bryan, according to the witness.
Note; the foregone evidence was given to the court on September 22nd.
It is important to follow this sequence so that a better picture may emerge as to the pathology of these sociopathic killers operating in our country, even as the security forces and the government, including the courts, respond to them with incompetence and deference.
It is important to note that according to the witness’s testimony, Andre Blackman Bryan burst into laughter after watching his intended victim and hearing the gunshots. Like a beast of prey, he stalked his victim, knowing that he had ordered him killed and that the victim’s life would be snuffed out in an instant based on his orders.
He wanted the added satisfaction of watching him alive, knowing that his words, his command would end Outlaw’s life.
I warned in an article days ago, this very court will do everything in its power to return these murderers to the streets to continue their reign of terror, given the slightest lie and non-issue raised by the CRIMINAL defense team.
Now let us look at some important factors in the evidence given to the court the next day, September 23rd. I understand that the court has no obligation to look for issues of sociopathy. Certainly, I would not expect a court in Jamaica to care enough about victims of these sociopaths to note the degree of degeneracy in them, even as it is blatantly clear to everyone else.
The witness, who has claimed to be the gang’s banker and Bryan’s personal driver, among other things, made this assertion while detailing for the court the murder of a former deportee on Jones Avenue in Spanish Town in 2019.
Asked by the prosecutor leading the evidence whether Bryan — who had reportedly told his henchmen that, “Mi want [unnuh] to go kill di Rasta inna di lane,” — had offered any explanations as to why the man was to die and if he had participated in those discussions, the witness said, “I was taking orders, Sir.”
As the witness gave evidence and detailed the gruesome nature of the killings, Andre “Blackman” Bryan burst into uncontrolled laughter to the point he was seen wiping away tears from his eyes,-tears that flowed from laughter.
The court will not be called upon to determine the psychological condition of Andre “Blackman,” Bryan. Neither will his sociopathy help to determine innocence or guilt.
What is clear is that this defendant is a sociopath. He has a blood-lust and is totally indifferent to the sanctity of human life, regardless of who the person is. (Full disclosure, I am not a medical doctor, psychiatrist, or health professional…)
The chances that a criminal defendant will be found guilty in a Jamaican court are pretty low. The courts exact an undue and inordinate burden on the prosecution, which is anything but “beyond a reasonable doubt,” which ought to be the standard.
Based on the court’s history, that standard has been circumvented for the steeper, ” without any doubt.” .….And that’s before the appeals process.
Given the remote chance of a conviction, the appellate court is ready and willing to aid convicted murderers by letting them loose on a concocted technicality or shave some time off the light sentence handed down by the trial court.
The derangement being exhibited by this defendant came about because this nation decided to hug up don culture. It came about because each little shithead can vie to see who can be more ruthless in taking life-who can hand out the ill-gotten spoils from the unchecked acts of extortion, murder for hire, and the general macabre killings.
They laugh because they are celebrated rather than reviled. They laugh because they have zero respect for the process, not the police nor the prosecutors. After all, they know that the triers of facts are ready and waiting to give them a pass for their sociopathy.
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Mike Beckles is a former Police Detective, businessman, freelance writer, black achiever honoree, and creator of the blog mikebeckles.com.