Rule of Law vs Rule of the Jungle
What could possess the general manager, manager and supervisors of one of the biggest supermarket chains in Jamaica to take the administration of justice into their own hands? To administer it in such a way by viciously beating two employees who they accused of having stolen or plotting to steal three cases of liquor. It is very puzzling.
There are few questions running in my head
1) Were they tired & fed up of break-ins or stock problems so much so that when the caught the alleged culprits they lost it?
2) Was it that the police had failed to help them and protect the supermarket from robbery?
3) Was it that the courts deal cases so slow that they could not be bothered?
4) Was it that they were thinking like Dr. Peter Phillips that "severe, resolute and extreme measures" are needed to deal with this missing stock problem?
Was this their modus operandi or an isolated incident? Is this possibly how they keep their heads(the supermarket chain) out of the extortionists jaws? if you can't beat them join them?
I just don't get it. Is this the days of slavery again?
If they could, as it is alleged, brazenly carry these guys to a house a distance from the supermarket, why could they not have carried them to the police station? If they have the solid evidence on which they could become judge, jury and executioners, why not give the evidence to the police?
The police have been in the habit of beating lately, which is a bad thing and I don't condone it, so why not leave that to them if that is what they believe the alleged culprits deserved?
There is absolutely no justification or rationale for this sort of mob, gangster, vigilante justice, and if the allegations are proven to be true they should be made to pay to the full extent of the law. In addition the police should also investigate to see if the allegation of larceny or conspiracy is true and if so the two guys, unfortunately, should be brought before the courts and if found guilty pay also.
This must be taken as a signal that the problem in Jamaica is from the top to the bottom and that corruption is everywhere. Jamaica is fast become a place where the rule of law is fast disappearing and is being replaced by the rules of the jungle.
Links
Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Observer
nb: on the issue of media credibility.
One source says the men were still in hospital while the other says they were released. One of the victims seems to be clearly out of hospital as he was seen on television on the evening of January 18, 2005, talking to a Television Jamaica reporter. The video was shot in daylight and he was talking about the incident and describing the wounds and relating how he and his fellow employee were beaten. To make it even stranger I heard a report at noon on January 19, 2006, on a radio station, saying that they were still in hospital. I had to call to ask them if they had not seen the evening television report on January 18, 2005. Interestingly in the same Television Jamaica clip, a policeman was shown saying that the men were in serious condition in hospital.
Credible news please!.
There are few questions running in my head
1) Were they tired & fed up of break-ins or stock problems so much so that when the caught the alleged culprits they lost it?
2) Was it that the police had failed to help them and protect the supermarket from robbery?
3) Was it that the courts deal cases so slow that they could not be bothered?
4) Was it that they were thinking like Dr. Peter Phillips that "severe, resolute and extreme measures" are needed to deal with this missing stock problem?
Was this their modus operandi or an isolated incident? Is this possibly how they keep their heads(the supermarket chain) out of the extortionists jaws? if you can't beat them join them?
I just don't get it. Is this the days of slavery again?
If they could, as it is alleged, brazenly carry these guys to a house a distance from the supermarket, why could they not have carried them to the police station? If they have the solid evidence on which they could become judge, jury and executioners, why not give the evidence to the police?
The police have been in the habit of beating lately, which is a bad thing and I don't condone it, so why not leave that to them if that is what they believe the alleged culprits deserved?
There is absolutely no justification or rationale for this sort of mob, gangster, vigilante justice, and if the allegations are proven to be true they should be made to pay to the full extent of the law. In addition the police should also investigate to see if the allegation of larceny or conspiracy is true and if so the two guys, unfortunately, should be brought before the courts and if found guilty pay also.
This must be taken as a signal that the problem in Jamaica is from the top to the bottom and that corruption is everywhere. Jamaica is fast become a place where the rule of law is fast disappearing and is being replaced by the rules of the jungle.
Links
Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Observer
nb: on the issue of media credibility.
One source says the men were still in hospital while the other says they were released. One of the victims seems to be clearly out of hospital as he was seen on television on the evening of January 18, 2005, talking to a Television Jamaica reporter. The video was shot in daylight and he was talking about the incident and describing the wounds and relating how he and his fellow employee were beaten. To make it even stranger I heard a report at noon on January 19, 2006, on a radio station, saying that they were still in hospital. I had to call to ask them if they had not seen the evening television report on January 18, 2005. Interestingly in the same Television Jamaica clip, a policeman was shown saying that the men were in serious condition in hospital.
Credible news please!.
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