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The Brutality of the Royal Barbados Police Force, with video

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Highlighted from Nazim’s Police Statement
Many locals have been quick to share their views on the several tragic events that occurred in the USA recently where Black men were shot like dogs by White policemen.  Not so fast! Is the below for real? Happening in Bimshire? – Barbados Underground

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Extracted from Nazim’s Police Statement

Hundreds Forcible Disappear in Middle East.nazzi is me famuly. peeps got to know tht police in only killing you in amrica it hapning hay in barbados. De pulice killing yuh bout hay pecilly wen you por. and den dem cuva up an say tht Nazzi is wo hurt heself. ef one uh dem din call we Nazzi get kill in day at statun hill. pun a night dem got unmark cars drving tru hay J2917 n xa2735, dah 1 hurdle is a crmnl wid a badge. god done lik ugly tanks fo publesh man.

    Anonymous

460 responses to “The Brutality of the Royal Barbados Police Force, with video”

  1. Violet C Beckles Avatar
    Violet C Beckles

    Dirty Dogs, they know now they can kill and go home, But not for long,

  2. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    On Brasstacks today,two guys called in to say that 4 policemen were to be charged for murder and all went on sick leave and were thus spared prison on remand.It turned out that in those cases although the coroners cited their concerns neither charge of murder nor manslaughter was brought and one got the impressions that these 4 ‘unnatural’ deaths were allowed to die a natural death.The Police have a duty to protect but there are elements known in the Force that take matters into their own hands and this has been in the Myrie case and another case in the news.

  3. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    If you could spare a fellow called Lord Evil, from further prison, why not these four policemen?

    BTW , How many runs were knocked off the Prime Minister , with the recent release of Everton Gittens ?

  4. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    @David

    You are on the front line – breaking stories

    Yuh putting the main stream to shame. LOL

  5. David Avatar
    David

    @Pacha

    Give credit to the BU family.

  6. David Avatar
    David

    The Chase Files

    Good Morning ‪#‎realdreamchasers‬! Here is your daily newscap.

    NOT A CENT FOR LIAT – BARBADIAN TAXPAYERS can continue to fund LIAT, but St Lucian Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says not a dollar from his country is going into the cash-strapped regional airline. Moreover, some of his colleagues in CARICOM might not like it, but Chastanet said he wanted to send the current LIAT board of directors packing, replacing them with people more savvy in the industry.Charging that there was too much political meddling in the regional airline, Chastanet, a consistent critic of LIAT, said in a recent interview it was time shareholder governments took their hands off the carrier and allowed it to operate on a strictly commercial basis.Staying true to his word when he was in opposition, CARICOM’s newest leader said his position in office would remain the same – there will be no funding of the airline by St Lucian taxpayers.

    MORE POWER – Producers of electricity from renewable energy sources can now sell more power to the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P) under the Renewable Energy Rider (RER) programme at a fixed rate.Additionally, in announcing its decision today, the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) set a temporary rate for the power, something businessman Ralph Bizzy Williams has been advocating for over the past few months.The FTC said the decision was taken to increase the capacity limit to 500 kW from 150 kW and set a temporary RER credit at $0.416/kWh for solar photovoltaics and $0.315/kWh for wind, “until such time as a permanent rate may be established”.The utility regulator said the decision was taken after careful review and discussions with stakeholders, which commenced on April 22 and concluded on May 13.

    SALVATION ARMY TACKLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING – THE PROBLEM OF human trafficking has the attention of the Salvation Army. This was revealed by Lieutenant Colonel Verona Haughton, one of the organisers of the Army’s Women Leaders Conference which is currently on in Barbados. She said the church and charity has a responsibility to address the matter along with governments. “Human trafficking is affecting so many areas. Women are the voice of the vulnerable and can help to stamp out modern day slavery. We believe we can empower them so that something can be done,” she said. The conference which attracted about 123 women from across the Caribbean will conclude on July 15.

    FALLING OFF – ONLY FOUR of the top 20 performers in this year’s Common Entrance Examination were from Government primary schools. The other 16 were all from privately-run schools. That the majority of the children who gained top marks in the critical national examination were from private schools, has raised questions in some quarters about what is happening in Barbados’ public primary school system.Unlike previous years, this year the list of children with the ten highest examination scores was not released by the Ministry of Education. Sharing his thoughts on the subject, former chief education officer Ralph Boyce advanced three possible reasons for the absence of more top performers from Government schools. First he acknowledged that parents who pulled their pockets to pay for their children’s education tended to demand more from those children who also felt obligated to perform to meet their parents’ expectations.

    MAGISTRATES APPOINTMENTS – Vacancies in the Magistrates’ Court are a major concern for Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, but he said any new appointments were out of his hands.“It is not within my power, I do not assign magistrates nor do I move the magistrates elsewhere,” he said, as the Barbados Bar Association made urgent calls for authorities to fill the “crippling void” in the country’s judicial system created by the appointment of Justice Pamela Beckles to the Supreme Court seven months ago.In a statement issued Tuesday, the legal fraternity complained that the failure to appoint a Chief Magistrate to replace Beckles, who also sat in the District ‘B” Magistrate’s Court, had led to a “deterioration in the efficiency” of the justice system and action was urgently needed to stop the situation from getting worse.Acknowledging that he was aware of the “issue” that got in the way of the appointments, the Attorney General did not give details but said it was up to the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to rectify the problem.

    MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL ADRIEL’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL – Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite has stoutly denied accusations that he interferes in the affairs of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), insisting he was one of “fairest” people on earth.Brathwaite came under fire for his controversial statement last week in support of a call by the Barbados Police Association for the release on bail of their colleague, Constable Everton Gittens, who was being held on remand for murder.Brathwaite said at the time he did not understand why Gittens was being held while another murder accused nicknamed Lord Evil was out on bail.Two days later, Gittens was offered bail to the tune of $200, 000 and was freed yesterday after completing paper work related to his bail.In wrapping up debate last night on the Magistrate’s Court (Amendment) Bill 2016, the Attorney General steered clear of the controversy as he lashed out at Opposition Leader Mia Mottley, who had earlier claimed that some of the challenges plaguing the RBPF were due in part to Government interference. “I am one of the fairest human beings you will meet,” he said.“I do not interfere in areas of my ministry that there is no cause for me to be involved in and I certainly have never meddled in the affairs of the Royal Barbados Police Force, nor will I meddle in the affairs of the Royal Barbados Police Force,” Brathwaite asserted. He also suggested that either Mottley or her BLP should be held accountable for “actual damage” to the RBPF.“There will be a time very soon outside of these chambers when I will allow all of Barbados to know what the member for St Michael North East knows – in terms of who have actually caused most of the actual damage in the Royal Barbados Police Force. There will come a time when I will actually be able to say,” Brathwaite said.

    CHILD CARE BOARD DID NOT HELP SHEMAR – THE GREAT-AUNT of 12-year-old Shemar Weekes said she gave up after reporting his abuse to the Child Care Board (CCB) in March 2013 and getting no action. Clarista “Mabel” Daniel said she had heard Julieanne Weekes, her sister Jennifer’s daughter, cursing Shemar and heard complaints from the child and neighbours about the mother’s beatings. Daniel was testifying before Coroner Manila Renee on Monday as she continued the inquest into the circumstances of Shemar’s death on May 14, 2015, when he was reportedly found hanging in the back of his home at Fryers Well, Checker Hall, St Lucy.Shemar at one point lived with his mother at Lowther’s Hill, Christ Church, in the house which Daniel helped to rebuild for her sister. However, Daniel did not get along with Julieanne because she was always “ranting and raving”. Neighbours had called her to say that Julieanne had beaten Shemar so badly, he ran over to one of them, so she warned Julieanne that she would call in the CCB.

    60 YEAR OLD THIEF – A 60-year-old unemployed man who went on a stealing spree over the past two months was today slapped with five two-year sentences to run concurrently, so he will only spend two years behind bars for those offences.However, Cecil Orlando Harvey of Constitution Road, St Michael will first have to serve out a six-month jail term for breaching a bond on which he was placed by another court last Wednesday, District ‘A’ Court Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant ordered this afternoon.Harvey also faces even more jail time on four drug-related offences.Today, he changed his plea to guilty on all counts of unlawful possession of cocaine, trafficking, possession with intent to supply and possession of an apparatus to use in connection with the drug.Because of his guilty plea, Cuffy-Sargeant remanded him to prison until August 10 for sentencing.The facts of the theft cases to which Harvey also pleaded guilty, revealed that he unlawfully entered five different businesses between June 17 and July 5 and stole more than $14,000 worth of items.Between June 17 and 18, he entered Vista Complex and stole 29 shirts and two dresses; followed by the theft of one Android TV box, one pair of headphones, one driving shifter and one toner from Electronic Avenue between between June 23 and 24.On July 5, he entered I-Exchange and stole ten cellphones, two tablets, one battery, one charger and one pair of headsets. He also stole six cellphones from Q Mobile Repair between July 4 and 5, having already stolen a water filter, four pliers, six chisels, six locks and two robes from Home Improvement Hardware Store about two days earlier. In 2012, Harvey was sentenced to two years in jail for theft of items as well.

    BREAD THIEF SENT TO JAIL – A man who stole bread from a popular Whitehall, St Michael bread shop has been jailed for two months.Samuel Omar Kumar Manohar Harris of Fairfield, Black Rock, St Michael, admitted to committing the offence last Wednesday.The District ‘A’ Magistrates Court No. 2 heard how the bakery was secured last Tuesday night. However, by the time Gloria Worrell awoke the next morning and checked her stock, three packs of currant slices, two packages of turnovers and two sweet breads were missing. The items were worth $19.65.When the businesswoman reviewed the security footage she recognized a man who frequents her establishment.Interviewed later, Harris admitted to police that he took the bread and ate it all.

    DO IT BEST THIEF – After admitting that she stole three items from Do It Best Home Centre on Monday, Charmaine Elizabeth Thomas was placed on a bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for one year.If the 45-year-old fails to do so, she will have to forfeit $350 immediately or alternatively, spend 28 days in prison.Thomas, of Ocean Winds, Rockley, Christ Church went before Acting Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch today.Sergeant Azel Skeete told the District ‘C’ Magistrates Court that the woman went into the store just after 9 a.m. Monday, bought five soaps and left. She returned soon after and the same cashier who checked her items noticed other items inside the plastic bag, which she had not checked for Thomas.She notified management and security caught up with Thomas in another part of Sheraton Mall. They spoke to her and after searching her bag, found a can opener, a tea ball and a set of nutcrackers.

    MAN CHARGED FOR STOREY GAP INCIDENT – Police have arrested and charged Elton Dacosta Watson, of Lewis Gap, Green Hill, St Michael with serious bodily harm, in relation to their investigations into the serious wounding of Delroy Scarlett of Storey Gap, Codrington, St Michael.Watson, 39, is expected to appear in the District A Magistrates Court today.

    SHOPLIFTER AT CENTRE OF PASSPORT SCAM – It started out as a simple case of shoplifting.However, immigration officials are now investigating a possible Barbados passport scam, involving a woman who goes by multiple identities and nationalities. Appearing before District ‘A’ Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant Wednesday, Tyrone Sealy, an Immigration Officer attached to the Government department’s Investigating Unit, revealed that accused shoplifter Alexis Ernestine Charles had been issued with a Barbados passport under questionable circumstances. Sealy told the court that even though the 32 year-old Cane Garden, St Thomas resident was in possession of a valid passport, the associated documentation did not reflect that a Barbados ID card had been submitted, as was required for the official travel document to be issued.However, the plot got thicker when Sealy informed the court that the name on the passport was not Alexis Charles, even though it was presented by the woman yesterday when she was caught stealing $38.65 worth of items from the Roxy Supermarket on Eagle Hall, St Michael. To add to the investigating officer’s bewilderment, there was no record in the immigration system of the name, Hosanna Songs, which is contained in the official travel document that was issued on June 30, 2015 and expires in 2025.Furthermore, Sealy told the court his department could not find any trace of Althea Charles – another name by which the accused woman is known. He went further still and submitted into evidence, an affidavit through which the St Thomas resident had intended to apply for a name change. Sealy expressed concern about the location of the official seal on the document, adding that an investigation would be launched to determine who the woman really was and how she obtained a Barbados passport. He promised that the Immigration Department would pursue the matter to the fullest. Earlier, when police prosecutor Neville Reid introduced the shoplifting case, he said Charles had been charged at Black Rock Police Station yesterday under the name Alexis Ernestine Charles of Cane Garden, St Thomas, but was charged for theft earlier this year using the name Hosanna Songs.He also told the court that on those two occasions, the woman identified herself as a St Lucian national. However, the prosecutor noted that, according to the Forensic Scenes of Crime Unit, she claimed to be a Guyanese national when she used the name Althea Charles.In the meantime, the accused woman has pleaded guilty to the charge that she stole one can of cashew nuts and a bottle of olive oil from the Roxy Supermarket and was therefore remanded to HMP Dodds until August 10.

    LABORER UNABLE TO PROVE ADDRESS – Confusion over his correct address caused a labourer to miss out on bail on Monday after it was considered by the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court.Kirk Orlando Small appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch accused of having apparatus fit for use in connection with the misuse of cocaine on Saturday.While the court was considering bail, however, the Magistrate noticed that according to the charge sheet, Small had no fixed place of abode.“That isn’t right. I live in Blades Hill with my sister,” he explained.“So then why would the police write this?” Birch asked.A check of Small’s record showed Blades Hill, St Philip and Ellerton, St George listed as his addresses.In order to clear it up, the sister was summoned but she was not in the precincts of the court. Small then gave his brother’s name. He came forward but when asked the accused man’s address, the brother said he lives with him in another part of St George.The court adjourned the matter until Wednesday and gave instructions that the investigating police officer find out Small’s correct address.It is also expected that “someone reliable who can provide a fixed place of abode” be present on Wednesday as well.

    MURDERER TO BE DEPORTED – DEPORTATION PROCEDURES have been initiated to have 59-year-old convicted killer Arleigh Hector James sent back to his homeland St Vincent after he was released Tuesday from HMP Dodds after serving 22 years for killing his wife. Her teenaged daughter was also killed in that 1994 attack, but he was never charged.The DAILY NATION was reliably informed that James was expected to be shipped back to the land of his birth by this weekend, but a number of legal issues still had to be settled.“He will not be deported yet, as they have to consider a number of legal matters in relation to his removal,” a legal source said. According to the source, reports of James’ release caught the Immigration Department by surprise.

    ALL FAITH LOST IN JUDICIAL SYSTEM – THE ROLE OF THE POLICE is to protect and serve, but one hurt widow said she has lost faith in the entire justice system. Marleen Knight, widow of Selwyn “Blues” Knight, who was allegedly shot by Constable Everton Gittens, said she now has trust issues after her husband’s alleged killer was granted bail last Friday.“I don’t know who to trust. If somebody come to interfere with me, I don’t know who to trust. I don’t know if I can go to the police and get assistance, so that’s the way it is,” she said.Her husband’s death made headlines after he was killed on March 15, 2015.

    POKEMON GO BLAMED FOR CRIMES – The Pokemon Go craze is blamed for several robberies of distracted mobile phone players, but the game’s cartoon characters have also helped US police improve strained community relations and even arrest wanted suspects. The app, created by mobile game developer Niantic for Nintendo Co Ltd, is upending the world of gaming, getting players off the couch and walking outside to play. Staring at their phone screens, they search for virtual Pokemon characters that appear to pop up at office spaces, restaurants, museums and other places. Players score points in various ways, including capturing the Pokemon characters with a flick of a finger on their phone screen. The game was the most downloaded free app on Apple’s app store, and Nintendo shares surged nearly 25 per cent on Monday.Less than a week after launching in the United States, where it has drawn more than 7 million gamers to hunt virtual Pokemon, the game is also facing a backlash.Hallowed places including Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C. have urged players to stay away, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum has asked to be removed from the game, a museum spokesman said. Across the United States, players have been drawn down dark alleys and into dangerous neighbourhoods in search of the imaginary creatures, only to be targeted by criminals. In College Park, Maryland, university students holding their smartphones out to play Pokemon Go were robbed on Tuesday night by an armed suspect, police said. In Antelope, California, two men playing the game in a park late on Sunday reported being robbed and carjacked by a gunman. Fireworks were thrown from an SUV at a group playing the game after midnight on Monday on the streets of Boca Raton, Florida, police there said. No injuries were reported. And in Wyoming, a 19-year-old woman who set out to catch a Pokemon by the Big Wind River on Friday instead found a dead body. The game was also to blame for a rash of car accidents in the United States. An illegally parked car whose driver had exited to catch a Pokemon was struck from behind, according to reports from Texas A&M University police, and another car struck a tree while its driver was playing the game while driving, Auburn New York police said. At the same time, Pokemon characters have aided police, from helping catch elusive suspects to burnishing officers’ public image at a time of strained ties between law enforcement and communities throughout the United States.

    RAMDIN DUPED – Denesh Ramdin was set up to be dropped from the West Indies team.That’s the verdict of former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies wicketkeeper Deryck Murray, who has joined two other former Test wicketkeepers in questioning the decision of the Courtney Browne-led selection panel to axe Ramdin. Murray said today during an interview with cricbuzz that the decision to dump Ramdin had left him confused and disappointed. Murray said the West Indies hierarchy had promoted Ramdin in the line-up and asked him to play as a specialist batsman and had then judged him on his failure to make runs consistently. Outstanding former Jamaica and West Indies glovesman-turned-broadcaster Jeffrey Dujon was of a similar view. Dujon said he appreciated what Browne had said about Ramdin’s poor Test batting average but added that within the present West Indies context Ramdin’s omission was unreasonable. Dujon suggested that Ramdin was a good player of spin, in particular, and his experience in games against an Indian team would be invaluable. In 12 Test innings against India between 2006 and 2013 Ramdin has scored 236 runs, with five not outs, 62 being the highest of his two half-centuries and he averages 33.71. Overall he averages 25 from 74 Tests. Browne recently stressed that under his tenure selection to the West Indies team would depend on consistency and be guided by statistical analysis. He however added that he would not be hiding from subjective choices.Looking ahead to the imminent Tests, Browne said he was expecting a competitive series against India. The visitors are the world’s number four ranked Test team and play the eighth ranked West Indies in a four-match series widely expected to be dominated by the Virat Kohli-led squad. However, Browne, who took over as chairman of selectors from West Indies legend Clive Lloyd, expects the match-up between the two teams to be quite opposite to the predictions.

    TRIDENTS KNOCK PATRIOTS – Tridents Pride of Barbados, led by a knock of 82 off 54 balls by South African A.B. de Villiers defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 25 runs in their Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket match at Kensington Oval on Wednesday night. De Villiers hit nine fours and three sixes in his innings which helped the Tridents to recover from 29 for three to reach a challenging 180 for six.Wicket-keeper Nicolas Pooran weighed in with a quickfire 38 off 19 balls, which contained four sixes and two fours while Tridents captain Kieron Pollard contributed 27 off 21 balls.Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell was the most successful bowler for Patriots with three for 25 but West Indies Under-19 fast bowler Alzarri Joseph caught the eye in his T20 debut.

    Standings Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts

    GUY 6 5 1 0 0 10

    BAR 4 2 1 0 1 5

    JAM 4 2 1 0 1 5

    TTO 5 2 3 0 0 4

    SKN 6 1 5 0 0 2

    LCA 3 1 2 0 0 2

    BARBADOS OLYMPIC TEAM ANNOUNCED – BARBADOS HAS GOT its team to Rio. Team: Tia Adana Belle (400 hurdles), Sada Williams (200, 400), Kierre Beckles (100 hurdles), Akela Jones (high jump, heptathlon), Levi Cadogan (200), Burkheart Ellis (200), Ramon Gittens (100, 200), Mike Maskell (skeet), Lani Cabrera (400 freestyle), Alex Sobers (400 freestyle), Darian King (tennis singles), Jason Wilson (triathlon). Management: Dr Adrian Lorde (chef de mission), Dr Rene Best (chief medical officer), Sharon Coppin (massage therapist), Glyne Clarke (team manager). Coaches: Alwyn Babb (track and field), Bryan Holder (track and field), Michelle Elliot (shooting), Antonio Petrolanda (swimming), Derek Wilson (triathlon), Kevin Yarde (tennis).

    That’s all for today. For full articles visit Barbados Today or Nation News. Have a terrific Thursday. 🙂 Shalom ‪#‎thechasefiles‬.

  7. Big Brown Avatar
    Big Brown

    He is only meddling with ONE member of the Police Force. Conflict of interest maybe?

  8. Bernard Codrington. Avatar
    Bernard Codrington.

    I am still wondering what message the Justice System is sending to the Barbadian society at large. I am even more worried about the message that the society at large is receiving. Is there a new normalcy emerging?

  9. Bernard Codrington. Avatar
    Bernard Codrington.

    Is there a growing disconnect between those who are supposed to enforce the law and those whom the laws were made to protect? My gut feeling is that there is growing distrust between the authorities and the public. We need to get our act together and quickly.

  10. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    in the states when a cop beats up a black man it is racial but when the same thing occurs in Barbados it is not . why can it not be that most cops do their job no matter what color they are poor training, little experience of most or biases of a few result in negative outcomes. when that gunman started shooting in dallas the protesters were calling for the police to help them, keep beating up the good guys that are trying to do the best they can in a low paying job .. when you call for help a bunch of knuckleheads will show up because the ones with any brains have quit?

  11. David Avatar
    David

    @Bernard

    Actually there is a distrust within the police force even before you have to look external. Think about promotions being withheld from the best in the ranks.

  12. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ The Honourable Blogmaster

    Blogmaster I am now seeing this.

    You are indeed a sleuth of 007 Proportions, NOOOOO not the double o seven ef up that our illiterate minister of Finants is now renown for, no sireeeee you are a boss

    It is obvious that citizens are taking the matter of ending corruption into their own hands and are starting to video and do voice recordings for these incidences where they were previously powerless.

    This recording via phone is going to be the single most feared aspect of social interventions/interactions, de oe man is predicting it.

    I read the letter and had difficulty understanding it and i said, “is this the level of education that WeJonesing is proudly speaking about? The chilrun are is reading well?

    Because of the title I decided to click on the video.

    I dont know what to say really!! I clicked on the video and had to replay a few times to see if it was a fake, or a comedy item by someone or something.

    When you look at it you see that it was taken by an amateur but the storyline is really powerful and commensurately SAD.

    Where to begin?

    I try to find out things BEFORE I SPEAK so i went to those other people yesssss http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82532/brutality-probe-finished , I am sorry Blogmaster to have commited this sin but i went there because I wanted to see what was the matter being reported.

    Then I came back and looked at it again.

    This is really really terrible. I have some good friends who are policemen, really good men but what they tell you about the force it makes you say that we are putting badges on some criminals and thugs.

    De ole man once well… leh we say dat …anyway de thing is that we have a problem all over but to have a situation where our Boys in Blue (or is that Khaki) have now taken to displaying the very behaviour that we expect them to be stopping this is a serious situation.

    We have our problems with successive politicians (and we will take care of the current batch when the Bell Rings) but policemen are the backbone of our society.

    THey stand guard between Anarchy and the Law.

    This tape shows that we now have criminals in our gates that are willing to take the life of anyone who stands in their way!!

    There is something that I noticed about this one though and i guess that you would have seen it too.

    There are 500 entries for the Dallas incident with Micah X. Johnson? and 11 comments about what is our own “civil war” in Barbados.

    Where are Heather Cole and Walter Blackman and Sand Nigger and the rest of the high fliers who have alot to say about Richard Hoad is a Racist, and Fumbles doing such a good job and I ent even going comment on Sand Nigger’s dribble, WHERE ARE THEY?

    Good work.

    The reason that people will come to you and ask you to “publesh” this information is because, regardless of who you are in Barbados, a man or a woman knows that you hold no brief for Injustice.

    Well done.

    I hope that the young man gets justice in this matter.

    This sort of SHY8E has to stop, we have to make an example of the bad apples in our communities whether they are badboys or police.

    When we put on the badge or take the oath or both it makes us champions for the underdog and not masters of chattel to be beaten and killed.

    This is the second article in two days that I have almost bypassed because of its title the other one was the Song Going Home by Sand Nigger sorry Freedom Crier I guess that the lesson that “even the dumb have their story” is being taught to him who head is like a “piece uh de rock”

  13. SEugenea@aol.com Avatar
    SEugenea@aol.com

    That’s nothing new, the old time police could not read or write, they had to keep nightly lessons to learn them the 3R’s. They use to beat the s**t out of niggers and only niggers. They could not touch the whites.

  14. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    True it is nothing new.

    There really isn’t anything new about killing prisoners a la Steve Biko style

    Irrespective of where we are USA, Canada, Russia Egypt but in the age of concealed microphones and smartphones one can only hope that the Police Role would be

    “Police officers play a central role in the law enforcement system. They monitor criminal activity, take part in community patrols, respond to emergency calls, issue tickets, make arrests, investigate crimes and testify in court as needed.”

    AND NOT

    “Police officers play a central role in the commission of crime. They orchestrate criminal activity, use equipment to monitor the phone calls of the country’s Prime Minister, take part in citizen beatings, set up illegal citizen “stings”, take bribes to make speeding tickets go, contrive arrests, set up fall guys from among the poor and less fortunate in our society, ensure that crime rates show an annual decrease by falsifying evidence against “men of no fixed place of abode” and testify, euphemism for lie, in court to get poor (black) people locked up as needed.

  15. David Avatar
    David

    @PUDRYR

    This is serious business. Let us hope the right people are taking notes.

  16. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ Piece,

    See what cell phones can record…..even at 100 kph.

    http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=910651

  17. Pachamama Avatar
    Pachamama

    Far from seeking to defend Black people generally and Bajans overseas in particular Barbados has always shown that it is no more than an outpost of imperialism, an Anglo-American colony.

  18. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    @ David, it was rumored that police in Bim used to sometimes persuade “criminals” to cooperate by using varying degrees of “force”.

    What appears to have happened in that police station is beyond “persuasion”.

  19. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ The Honourable Blogmaster

    When a police Sargeant can say “Piece (heheheheheh) I am a sargeant and I won’t rather I cant leave my locker unlocked or my desk unlocked, or my bag unattended, or my cell phone on my desk, BECAUSE IT WILL BE STOLEN” that makes us aware that they rather we, have a problem.

    There are 1100+ officers in the RBPF.

    Of those there are say 50? who are bad eggs and 25 who are borderline.

    These are the ones who are giving the RBPF a bad name.

    They are not to be protected BEcAUSE people saying that it is the Police who bad, the Police who does beat you, not Officer x or Hitler.

    You listen to it? I am a suspicious ole man, I doan believe nuffin i hear nor see but that is because of an occupation heheheheeheh in ** so i know false documents

    Watch it and listen carefully.

    At 1:13 you hear that officer saying he works to hard for his salary!!

    You understand what we are dealing with?

    You ever served? You know what it is to wear blue and to be among those who pass out successfully?

    Bizzy can talk all the shy*e he want, but there is a swelling in your heart when you have done that deed. It is not about anyone else, it is personal, you did it!!

    I dont even thing he has rank, and already listen to how he is disgruntled!!

    Is this what we want?

    Any police officer who can say that he is working too hard for his piddling pay IS A MAN WHO CAN BE BRIBED WHEN A DRUG SHIPMENT COMES IN THE ISLAND!!

    What the ef are we doing?? One day we going get old and we are not going to be able to fight like we used to, and when that “evil day cometh” who is going to be on that front line for you and me, Hitler??

    Steupseeee , let us keep playing with this pup, let us continue to feed the wind for we shall surely reap its Whirlwind

  20. David Avatar
    David

    @Hants and PUDRYR

    The parallel point is that after admitting we are dealing with a FEW bad apples, we also to recognize how important a system of checks and balances is to deliver justice to the victims by promoting accountability

  21. Cnt gi name gt me n trubl Avatar
    Cnt gi name gt me n trubl

    thnx big man. may 14th nazzi did dwn purety bred shp. thm police cum n tek he up.naz had on whte shrt n patches jean n sliprs. thm beat naz n bludy up he shrt n trow it way. see tht utube c de blood nazzi gt beat bad. troy hurdl n a police wuman cal flats. n she gt childs to n kick up naz

  22. mother sally Avatar
    mother sally

    BU….. TRIDENTS is not a Barbados team

  23. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    @Now catching up on BU. It was a rough week. Hoping to finish by tomorrow.

  24. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Stories of police brutality in Barbados have long been circulating. I have been told by persons whom I trust that many of these stories are true. The thing is that since it touches only the “lower class” most Barbadians remain unconcerned. As a matter of fact those who consider themselves immune from such treatment, even those of the “lower middle class”,condone such treatment and see it as the only way to close cases in Barbados. If we continue to pay “dah little bit of money” we will always find ourselves scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as recruitment is concerned. How can people who cannot even take a proper statement “solve crimes” without beating confessions out of suspects? When I had occasion to give a statement some years ago I refused to sign it as it bore NO RESEMBLANCE to what I had said. I eventually had to write it myself. Notwithstanding that there is a difference between the detective and the regular officer I am not satisfied with the level of professionalism of our police department. But then justice is a farce in this country. We all know it. The boys on the block know it even better than anyone. That is why they have NO RESPECT for any authority in this country. And though I fear for my safety because of it, I can’t say I blame them. These beatings are illegal and COUNTERPRODUCTIVE as they erode trust in these communities.

    One glaring fact is that with all these allegations of police brutality I cannot remember any that have been successfully prosecuted! Does that mean that we have the only brutality free department known to man or……….

  25. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Pieces if the police sargeant makes that claim to you that his items will be stolen then the indictment is absolutely on the entire force and not 50 odd miscreants.

    It’s facile for me to say that every police officer is a member of the larger society and thus the force will have its comparative share of criminals and so on. But the fact is that they should be ‘policing’ their ranks earnestly and arresting/dismissing all criminals found within. Anything less makes the commissioner and his entire senior team complicit in being a ‘bad police dept.’.

    And this is the same the world over, as you know. The starting pay for cops is bad, in many jurisdictions.

  26. Gabriel Avatar
    Gabriel

    I haven’t forgotten this DPP and the Police in the unlawful arrest of Philip Nicholls and all the trouble he and his family went through and the DPP should have been fired and the Police sanctioned,because if they can do that to the well connected citizens of Barbados what won’t they do to the vulnerable poor people who have no voice.This is the big worry in Barbados.
    I know for sure if Barrow was alive Leacock ass would be grass just like Stoby got his ass kicked out of Barbados.

  27. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ DPD

    That reasoning does not follow if the subset which one proposes is 50 and the full set is 1100 all the sargeant is saying is that there are 50 teives that are in his grouping but he does not know who they are.

    All Police are not bad but there is a serious need for them to do whatever is necessary to eradicate the bad apples and stop this “brotherhood of the shield” which is tarnishing all of them.

    Look the same way Fumbles and his crew are changing the laws to prosecute and lock up any activist that speaks out against their rule of economic terror, that is instructive as to how the Police need to rally around the stalwarts of the Force and get rid of the Black Sheep.

    @ Donna

    What you have stated about some of the CID detectives is true. Some are not very literate which is a conflicted situation since you would think that they should be the best of the lot.

    The system is infected

    Look at this blog!!

    How many people have commented here on this issue?

    26!!

    102 comments about that French Thing in Nice

    501 comments about the American Thing in Dallas

    26 about some black boy in Barbados.

    Do you know why?

    Besides the obvious which is “we bajans love to talk bout things ovah and away that none uh we ent know a thing about” and like to pontificate bout Americas problems, besides the fact that I can guarantee that there is not one American or French Blog that has any mention of our own “civil war” but we like to suck de foreigners pooches the critical point here is that we have become fearful of our Police.

    Yes sireeeeee.

    This is abject fear where even my cyberstalker Walther PPK is afraid to tread BECAUSE WE FEAR THE REPERCUSSIONS OF OUR LAW!!

    Imagine the irony of this!!

    We pontificate every day about whu going on i Murica and Brekit and all these peeple dem frighten to talk bout Police Brutality in BIM cause we fraid de police!!!

    A Crying Shame.

    We have to do an evaluation on ourselves and see what a deceitful hypocritical deluded people we are.

    We cannot fight for our own, OUR ABIJAH’s, SHEMAR’s or our NAZZI’s but we can fight for the americans and put up a letter about our governments must make a call about murdered citizens in the USofA

  28. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    pieceuhderockyeahright July 14, 2016 at 1:41 PM #
    “@ The Honourable Blogmaster
    Where are Heather Cole and Walter Blackman and Sand Nigger and the rest of the high fliers who have alot to say about Richard Hoad is a Racist, and Fumbles doing such a good job and I ent even going comment on Sand Nigger’s dribble, WHERE ARE THEY?”

    Pieceuhderockyeahright,
    I was resting my high-flying wings (they were not manufactured by Duracell or Energizer, you know) and, at the same time, was really enjoying the proceedings from my ring-side seat.
    We all have our different talents and must learn to step aside, at the right times, so that others can shine. The way I see it, you are the star boy in this particular show.

    Although you evidently lack self-confidence (there is absolutely no need to call out desperately for help at this point), I have been impressed with the genuineness and depth of your feelings as they relate to this social issue.
    I could have sworn that I was listening to an experienced politician (Eric Fly comes to mind LOL) when you uttered these solemn words: “When we put on the badge or take the oath or both it makes us champions for the underdog and not masters of chattel to be beaten and killed.” That’s deep. I am sure those words brought non-existent tears from the dry socket of Watchman’s artificial eye. LOL

    Well said, my brother. I concur wholeheartedly. Press on. An Emmy in the making? LOL

  29. David Avatar
    David

    @PUDRYR

    Knew that this blog would not generate any great interest. The refrain is that it happens all the time, who cares righ.

  30. Walter Blackman Avatar
    Walter Blackman

    pieceuhderockyeahright July 16, 2016 at 2:16 PM #
    “@ Donna
    The system is infected

    Look at this blog!!…..

    Do you know why?”

    pieceuhderockyeahright,
    You are one big coward. A standing ovation was right there for the taking. All you had to say was:

    “Besides the obvious which is “Pachamama love to talk bout things ovah and away that he ent know a thing about” and like to pontificate bout Americas problems, besides the fact that I can guarantee that there is not one American or French Blog that has any mention of our own “civil war” but he like to suck de foreigners pooches…..”

    You blew it. Opportunity gone.

  31. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David and Pieces it is truly a matter that “Knew that this blog would not generate any great interest. The refrain is that it happens all the time, who cares right.”

    I really don’t believe people don’t care but rather they don’t see any real ability to alter the outcome of issues related to police brutality.

    Talking about things over in away always allows us to ease our conscience as we perceive that the big bad America is forever doomed and we can pretend the issues seen there are unrelated to our homeland. The ostrich style.

    Of course over in America the same problems persists even as there are solutions and remedies supposedly found to fix them.

    The Serpico police corruption/brutality exposes come to the fore circa early 1970s. I read of them circa late 80s. But lo and behold as a tween in Serpico’s 70s era I was experiencing first-hand RBPF beatings at Central. Anyone who attended James St. church with bible-study or Wesley Guild back in de day on Saturdays would know what I mean as those plaintiff cries and screams of “aiiih” and more could be heard when in the church office or the back-garden.

    My point. What has changed in Bim? They moved it from that spot at Central to Dist A or other; Is that it? People care but what to do in a system controlled by those in high places?

    There have been extra judicial police killings in Bdos continually over the years. Have two cops ever been convicted…I really don’t recall but I didn’t say ONE as maybe something passed me by.

    Now in the US several cops have definitely been sent to jail for corruption or playing judge, jury or executioner so at least the talk actually means something although one notes of course that the police in US like those in Bim are still as wicked and crooked today as they both were in the 70s and before. But at least criminal and civil enforcement are made.

    So gents, I offer that people on the rock do care…unfortunately, no real avenue for that voice of care to make a difference.

  32. pieceuhderockyeahright Avatar
    pieceuhderockyeahright

    @ De Word

    We do not need or want a Dallas here.

    We are playing games that, when the horse bolts from the stables Fumbles and the Minister of Community Stylistics Lil Caesar want to hold cunsultation on.

    De next thing Lil Caesar is going to be offering is “Pokemon and Pokeystops” for the youth.

    If you leave it and let it fester, pretty soon you have to amputate the limb

    @ Walter

    Bim is my rock and anyone, anyone who seeks to destroy bim is my enemy and an enemy of the people.

    You cant understand that because for persons of your ilk this is an ideology, A Bridge Too Far.

    Wunna does forget whey wunna come from, I cannot and will not.

    Nazzi if that is the correct spelling, is my son that is the way I worship My GOD, not through all the sunday shyte that alot uh wunna does practice, this is how i live to my GOD so I real sorry.

    Let me put it to you this way.

    You are my partner in the police force and one night we at Goddards Food Fair on Fontabelle and we run in with de owner and he say, “I see you scvunt and I gine report you”

    You say you ent going down fuh illegal goods and you decide you gine kill de man who see you.

    Now you dun know that i is a straight cop,

    After you kill dat man, who you gine kill next?

    Get the bad apples out or, when push comes to shove, and they tekking enough graft from some drug dealer or whomever, they are going to pass you out, OF YOU DONT JOIN UP, YOU FEELING ME?

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  34. SuckaBubby Avatar
    SuckaBubby

    It takes two.Good to expose to police brutality AND alot of the youngsters have to stop playing the ass.This globe is going to shrink smaller and smaller and the community will not have the convenience to blame the police when hits are put on these youngsters from outside.

  35. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Dribbler,

    I was told of these cries heard from the James Street Methodist Church by a person I trust. How we could allow that is beyond me.

  36. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Suckabubby,

    Nobody is condoning the actions of criminals. The problem is that in beating the suspects the police become criminals themselves. Not every accusation of police brutality will be true. But not every allegation will be false. We wish the true stories to be acknowledged and the perpetrators brought to justice along with the other criminals. Don’t get tied up!

  37. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Piece,

    That is how you are supposed to worship your God. The Sunday shiite is supposed to boost you to go out and do the work. As we leave we are told to go and love and serve the Lord. But for many it ends there as they believe God needs their hymns and hallelujahs to feel good about himself. That the screams were audible from James Street Methodist Church speaks volumes. Who could sit on a church pew through that?

  38. David Avatar
    David

    @Donna

    It is called hypocrisy. We consoled ourselves in the fact we have a good police force and this should trivialized concerns about those wronged by a few bad apples. What has happened to the Police Complaints Authority?

  39. David Avatar
    David

    Since the 20 May 2016 the CoP stated it will thoroughly investigate this matter. Why is it taking so long? Why are we relying on the police to investigate itself? Commonsense suggests an independent body is the way to go.

    http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/82532/brutality-probe-finished

  40. Freedom Crier Avatar
    Freedom Crier

    SAME SPEW DIFFERENT PEW!!

    BU Keep talking about the Issues and Missing the Root Cause!

    https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13669629_10153612741255896_1020340097551310815_n.jpg?oh=36ad08a7372bd347cdbee723f69fadf3&oe=582EB23D

  41. David Avatar
    David

    @Freedom Crier

    Why you always posting a lotta shite so far away from the central point? Because citizens are advocating for justice it does not mean we are anti police. The very definition of what makes a democracy works is a vigilant civil society. Why do you think the Commissioner was forced to admit to an internal investigation?

  42. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @Donna, re “How we could allow that is beyond me.”

    Your comment can best be seen in the views of an end to corporal punishment championed here on BU. Any society that readily accepts flogging of malcontents and disruptive sorts in school or at home surely would not be too moved by seemingly ‘comparative’ flogging of hard-ears and hardened criminals.

    The ‘innocents’, whether student or citizen – who get caught up in that web of authoritarian physical punishment are expected to accept their fate and then go and sin no more.

    Alas, its not so easy. We know that slippery slope can slide to brutality which ends a life.

    But how and why we allowed it then is clear in that simple perspective

    Incidentally talking about clear…for the sake of clarity re my post, I heard those cries as a lad on Saturdays NOT during Sunday worship. It makes no difference re the illegality of the beatings of course but I would hope that the cops were not so callous as to administer ‘licks’ for an entire congregation to hear.

  43. Well Well & Consequences Avatar
    Well Well & Consequences

    “Gabriel July 16, 2016 at 12:24 PM #
    I haven’t forgotten this DPP and the Police in the unlawful arrest of Philip Nicholls and all the trouble he and his family went through and the DPP should have been fired and the Police sanctioned,because if they can do that to the well connected citizens of Barbados what won’t they do to the vulnerable poor people who have no voice.This is the big worry in Barbados.
    I know for sure if Barrow was alive Leacock ass would be grass just like Stoby got his ass kicked out of Barbados.”

    Because both Friendel and ministers in his government refuse to get rid of DPP Leacock and the opposition is not speaking out against his activities which are corrupt to say the least…it’s quite obvious Leacock knows things about all the politicians and they are afraid he speaks out…or tell it to the US Embassy….but in so doing he will have to also tell them about his activities with Peter Harris.

    Bajans love to sit and wait instead of getting up and act.

    Fruendel….descendant of slaves, sitting on his ass collecting taxpayers money while waiting for the UK, descendants of slave masters….to give him instructions on what to do next cause he cannot think independently and got the nerve to call himself a leader.

    Bajans wait until something happens, then talk about acting to prevent it happening again.

    A young man in surgery for a bullet wound and the surgical bed collapses….at QEH Hospital..it’s now ya hearing talk about buying another surgical bed.

    Many of the police in Barbados have been rotten, corrupt and brutal against their own people for decades, some who loved to chase down drug dealers and themselves involved in all types of drug dealing were demoted recently…..too many frauds in uniform protected by a corrupt system.

  44. David Avatar
    David

    @Dee Word

    ‘Pray’ tell the difference between a congregation and a few citizens being subjected to the cries of police brutality?

  45. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Dribbler,

    I know it wasn’t on Sunday but there were still people on the pews.

  46. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David, Freedom Crier is an agitator. Anyone who deliberately refuses to see reason as he/she does is an agitating irritant.

    Just spray a bit of balm – gloss over- but do not scratch as you will exacerbate the irritating rash and it will just make you more uncomfortable.

    The old movies like Elliot Ness clearly show us that police officers bend and break the laws that they are employed to protect just as other movies show us that criminals are cruel and vicious.

    We all want law and order against the criminal but to seek it in our police officers is to be anti-police. Irritating.

    Omerta is the code of silence in the Mafioso. Don’t be a rat they say there or in the ‘hood. The fact that there is a ‘blue line of silence’ in police departments the world over in which a police officer pointing fingers at corrupt colleagues is also treated as a ‘rat’ like his criminal counterparts says it all.

    We can accept that Freedom Crier would never be a ‘rat’. Loyal and committed as he/she is to the ‘blue line’

  47. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @ David July 17, 2016 at 9:47 AM re”‘Pray’ tell the difference between a congregation and a few citizens being subjected to the cries of police brutality?”

    Well, apart from the obvious difference in numbers I can only imagine that the other difference would be the size of the ‘balls’ of the offending officers. Smile.

    Any officer brutalizing on a Sunday would be commissioner material. Brazen, bold and ready to take on the world.

    Any Saturday brute would have smaller ‘balls’. Less bold but yet skirting on the edge of dangerous arrogance.

    Now the fellows who took their charges out behind the Lord’s back somewhere and lick de stuffing outta their backsides are the real problems.

    Hope that clarifies it! And I am not joking. A tad facetious maybe but broadly that explains it perfectly.

  48. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Everybody knows of the “blue line of silence”. It is a very dangerous phenomenon and does more to harm to stability than the antics of the boys on the block. It breeds more contempt for authority and reinforces the boys on the block mentality that the system is not for them. It magnifies rather than controls crime. Who then are our real enemies?

  49. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Are the boys on the block the only criminals in Barbados? That’s all the police have to show for their efforts at the end of the day. What a farce! The boys may harm a few families but the big criminals harm almost everybody. Yet only the little boys on the block are held, brutalized and chained!

  50. Freedom Crier Avatar
    Freedom Crier

    @ David

    With respect David … Am I REALLY THE ONE MISSING THE POINT??????????

    This same Issue of targeting police is being internationally played under the Guise of Racism used to bring about anarchy. Ms. Cole is not giving up.

    As I have stated, “Same Pew Different Spew”!

    DIVIDE AND CONQUER IS THE NAME OF THE GAME!

    I agree with some of what Heather wrote but we should not make all sorts of allegations to be factual because they are grouped together that is questionable?

    That said I perfectly understand the reason for a dysfunctional judicial system. They are far to few Judges employed to handle the workload. They are few if any Stenographers to assist and there is little if any technology to record court proceedings. Hence Judges are made to write every thing that transpires before them.

    Yes I am all for advocating justice David…

    I myself am still waiting a judgment from the courts from 15 years previously.

    I myself have been waiting on a case to be heard that has taken 8 years and changed Judges five times in pre- trial stages and was to be finally heard in January this year and was delayed until November.

    Because of such myself and my family were removed by force six weeks ago, by a Court Marshall saying that we had to leave what we called Home that same day and proceeded to pack up our possessions with out any proper packaging and without any previous warning.

    The court gave the the Bank the go ahead to claim our properties knowing that we had another case that if realized would of allowed us to pay our debts hands down! (And by the way two persons in that same Bank made an agreement that we could stay in our our home until a buyer was realized.) Go Figure…

    Our family’s lives are still in limbo!!!! The only thing we continue to rely on is the God of Providence that had sustained us thus far and has promised to fight our battles.

    And Above all I will continue to praise his name in spite of the Adversary similarly doings like he did to Job, for me to think otherwise. I have news for him and others who seek my family’s destruction …The Victory is already won! We are all going to meet at the Great Judgment Bar to answer for our deeds done in the flesh.

    So please when I speak the things I do I am only doing so out of the best interest for all. The Spirit of Divisive seeks All our destruction… whether on Race related Issues or otherwise! That is the Big Picture my young friend.

    David If you care to perpetuate strife that is up to you. As for me I will continue to raise my voice even if discredited by you and others. I have long been doing so before it was heard on BU! I have already shared with you that I seek not for fame or for the approval of antagonist; therefore I am free and unnumbered.

    A little advice from an Old Soul, LEARN TO CONNECT THE DOTS, otherwise you will always be stuck not seeing the whole picture!

    I must say I do not know ac but his assessment is 98% bang on!

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