THE DPP MUST GO, SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HAVENT WE HAD PEOPLE SENTENCE TO DEATH AND HANGED WHO WOULD HAVE COMMITED MURDER DURING THE PROCESS OF A ROBBERY? WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW OUR CURRENT DPP IS SAYING IT’S NOT MURDER? NO LEGAL LUMINARY IM LOST

@Zack: “Go find somebody else to walk around the park.

Why?

When I have you to go around the oval with?

@Chris
You’re a sick puppy. Good luck with that.

@All…

While Zack tries to deal with his little problem, let’s “break the forth wall”…

You see, some want to keep you afraid; some others want to show you that in fact there is nothing to be afraid of — despite what some might say….

Oh, wait! Zack might possibility return to the stage shortly.

Don’t tell him I talked to you through the fourth wall — it would spoil the joke!!!

@Zack (suddenly returning to stage): “You’re no threat to my comfort zone Chris, but the degenerates who are prowling around with masks and guns robbing and killing, are a threat to my comfort zone. Why don’t you be my hero and find them and eliminate them?

Funny, I don’t find many degenerates with masks and guns robbing and killing.

But instead somehow I find many (like you) claiming many scary things…

(I would put that in a high voice if I could; but I can’t.)

Laaaaaaa!!!!

Blame one of the former AG’s who said that it was illegal for the RBPF to stop and carry out searches on cars. This aided the transmission of firearms and drugs, not to mention the continuing brisk trade in praedial larceny.
We need to concentrate on the apprehension of illegal firearms. Without a firearm, many of these culprits are under 6 feet tall, runts in fact.

@Str8 Up…

Ah, and now the second…

Without balls, like the first, but making the same claims…

It’s a little sad when the first and the second don’t have the balls to step forward like men…

But what do we expect from ball-less men?

Hey, an honest question from a man with balls.

We should be outraged that a 79 year old man and his son in law have been senselessly murdered in their home.

It will take 20 years to raise a generation of honest young people.

One way to reduce the current level of criminal activity in Barbados is by stiffer penalties especially for crimes of violence and possession of illegal guns.

You don’t hunt rabbits,birds or monkeys with a hand guns.
They are intended to shoot to kill human beings.
Sentences for illegal possession of a gun should reflect that.

Some young criminals can become useful citizens if their time in jail is spent learning a trade or skill.

Prison should not only be for punishment but also a process to help those who can be helped to live productive lives.

str8 countries that are way more developed and sophisticated than bds have crime problems what say we?dont put bds in a vacuum ,the inequalities that affect people all over the world does exist in bds ,people feel marginalized and neglected ,listen to music of marginalized and neglected and form in the mental there own rebellion which manifests in incidents like these..

@Zack | August 3, 2011 at 10:09 PM |

I guess a man is no longer innocent until proven guilty. As long as the police arrest and charge you, it is all over bar the sentencing.

Beware of that slippery slope.

@Raw Baked
I’m voicing my opinion with confidence that they have the right men in custody. What is your point? Have you been following the news and heard that one pleaded guilty to manslaugher? I’m saying he knew the potential danger of what he was doing and he should be boiled alive…I’m not moving from that position.

http://news.barbadostoday.bb/barticlenew.php?ptitle=Guilty%20Plea&article=6318

Zack | August 3, 2011 at 10:09 PM |

@Str8 Up | August 3, 2011 at 9:35 PM |

Now how the hell can you be certain that the Campus Trendz fire bombers didn’t intend to kill? Because they used fire rather than guns? Do you know what were in their minds?
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Zack | August 3, 2011 at 11:16 PM |

@Raw Baked
I’m voicing my opinion with confidence that they have the right men in custody. What is your point? Have you been following the news and heard
that one pleaded guilty to manslaugher? I’m saying he knew the potential danger of what he was doing and he should be boiled alive…I’m not moving from that position.
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I have no point, just an opinion if that is allowed. BTW, this article does not state if the other accused also plead guilty to any charges.
http://news.barbadostoday.bb/barticlenew.php?ptitle=Guilty%20Plea&article=6318

My condolences and sympathy go out to these families. The people of Barbados feel your pain at this time and our prayers are with you.

Dis nonsense gotta stop. We gotta start popping dese criminals neck. We pussy-footing too long and de lawyers n psychologist finding all de rasshole excuses fa dese vagabonds. Hanging is not a deterrent, it is a punishment fa murder. ya kill, ya surrenda ya life ta de state. tummuch long tawk n dese criminals walkin up ta Glendary smiling. POPP dem necks.

Crime down fa tru. Um down in St.Lucy, um down in St. James, um down in St.Michael,um down in…………………………..

De powers dat be, wunna get serious n start poppin offf sum a dese good-fa-nutton necks do, fa croiss sake man. stupseeeeeeeeeeeeee

We are a scared people, appearing helpless, we need tough enforcement of our laws, penal reform and for Barbadians to be civic minded and assist the police.

The anti-police culture which is so prevalent today is a problem.

Dear Str8 Up.

You will find that these murderers are our VERY, VERY, OWN..

You will find that they have been raised in a house with an absent or indifferent 100% BAJAN father.

Or a hostile 100% BAJAN stepfather.

We have to stop blaming foreigners/immigrants/other people for OUR VERY OWN FAILURES.

Our failure to love our sons.

Our failure to socialize our sons.

Our failure to provide our sons with Christian instruction.

Our failure to provide our sons with Christian examples.

Our failure to discipline our sons.

Our failure to teach our sons any useful skill.

Our failure to teach our sons how to earn an honest decent living.

If we want to know the cause of these problems. Look in the mirror.

If we want a solution, look in that same mirror.

I gone.

Without offering any opinion, let me say that negotiating a deal for a lesser charge saves the State a lot of money. The expense of a trial is fierce and it comes out of the taxpayers’ pocket. Having said that, let me be very clear that deals ought only to be offered if the Crown is unsure that it can prove the greater charge and sell it to a jury. Remember, we have a little thing called double jeopardy. Should the crown’s case fail, that person is free and cannot be re-tried. And having said that, I have no idea what the Crown’s case in any of the cases where pleas of guilty to a lesser charge have been agreed. So, I am not able to give any opinion on the wisdom (or lack of it) in negotiating a lesser charge. Certainly I agree that greater transparency is necessary and, in cases that make the public feel unsafe and insecure, I see it as the duty of the Crown to explain precisely why deals have been done – but the inevitable problem that has to be overcome is right to privacy. Having said that, I fail to see how the right to privacy of an individual can possible be more important than the public good, which includes the right of the public to feel safe. There has to be a way of accomplishing this. I would suggest that this is via proper reporting by the so-called Fourth Estate and clear press statements (properly reported) by the DPP.

Bonny, my love, good to see you again.

I heard the Attorney General with my own ears say last night on CBC that although there has been a ‘recent’ spate of criminal activity, and the Police Force is on the alert, Barbados is still safe, and Barbadians and visitors alike can continue to feel as safe as they did in the past. So me ent know what all ya talking ’bout hear? Oh! forgot the best part….after the AG finished his speech, we got some advice from CBC to help the Police Force by calling 211 when we see anything suspicious…Could this be the same 211 that nevah answers???? Could this be the same 211 that the gentleman held up at gunpoint on Rendezvous Ridge who followed the car with the men who perpetrated the act, who on seeing where they landed – in Sargeant’s Village – called and and called without hearing a peep on the other end? Bless. Remember peoples we are safe.

@David- why do you think that an anti-police culture is so prevalent in our society?

I found the AG’s response yesterday to the current situation very cliched, wishy-washy, and not reassuring at all:
For example:
“I believe the time has come for legislation to deal with Cash for Gold”?!?

How about instead: “Legislation WILL be implemented post-haste to deal with Cash for Gold.”
It’s just weak, spineless language. No wonder the criminals out there are laughing and doing as they please.

And can he PLEASE stop with this nonsense that because our crime rate is lower than most other Caribbean territorties we shouldn’t worry so much?

@David
I couldn’t help but notice your disclaimer just above the text box for entering comments. Maybe you can clarify something for me. Your disclaimer says, “Comments that appear on the site are not the opinion of Barbados Underground”, so I really need to know who is BU? Aren’t your comments the comments of BU? If not, then who on this blog represents BU?

Thank you Nia …our leaders are wish washy when it comes to decision making for themselves and Bajans. When it comes to foreigners they cut straight to the bone. Someting reel wrong wid dat kinda leadership.

What a country,when little stripling of women, have the courage to come forward and enlist in the police force , while big muscular men prefer to sell coconuts ,ackees and snow cones by the wayside.

Colonel Buggy | August 4, 2011 at 1:48 PM |
What a country,when little stripling of women, have the courage to come forward and enlist in the police force , while big muscular men prefer to sell coconuts ,ackees and snow cones by the wayside.

Colonel dem is pansies dat’s why.

@islandgal246: “Foreigners I mean like Guyanese, Jamaicans and other West Indian islanders.

So, then, are you arguing that the “whites” and the “yellows” are all OK?

@islandgal246… If I may please be very frank and honest: in my opinion you are being manipulated to direct your anger, and your distrust, against those who should be your allies.

@Chris Halsall….you have misunderstood me terribly

When it comes to those who we call foreigners, that is our fellow Caribbean neighbours the leadership don’t mince words when it comes to their decision making, But when it comes to talk straight to Bajans the talk is wishy washy.