Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Only as a united force can Caribbean Governments take a stand against crime

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Certainly true of the "gaps" you speak of that are filled by these drug lords and the loyalties received from their recipients. This article covers the chaos that the islands face to the "T". I would be ashamed to know that the people we have in power are unaware of how this simple web of exchange has led and still continues to be the force that perpetuates these violent crimes.When I studied abroad in Switzerland for 3 months in 2003, nothing amazed me more than citizens loyalty to a peaceful space to live. People left their front doors unlocked without fear, even throughout the night. Why? They did not harbor fears over burglaries or anything beyond such crimes because people were unified on the goal to assist the police in maintaining peace. If there were to be any break-ins of homes, the entire community would have done the job for the police before they arrived.The police and citizenry work together in stamping out any such crime. People are not fearful for snitching because there is zero-tolerance at the national level for this kind of unrest.

We have taken a hands off approach to protecting each other and I can go much further to attribute such behavior to be appendages of colonialism but no need to go there. We need to take back our decision, our right to live with some semblance of peace and we need to take responsibility individually and collectively in pressuring the powers that be to do their jobs. However, unity at the community level due to this individualistic society that is common to the imperialist countries have whitewashed us into similar behaviors. Ma'at and principles of African Philosophy are highly overdue in our educational curriculum. We need to be shepherds and not sheep in regards to what we as a people have always valued:Love, peace and community.Loved the article Ms. Grant.

June 4, 2010 at 7:41 PM
Anonymous said...

An excellently written piece by Ms. Grant. It was very pregnant with meaning. I loved it!

Certainly, the writing is on the wall in St Lucia. Even if we choose to ignore it or deny it, the situation in St Lucia is not much different from Jamaica. Now the government has declared their own style of Martial law here. Check out the disposition of the police on the streets is that in the name of crime fighting? I's just a matter of time before the sentiments of the poor Jamaicans are shared by St Lucians. Crime did not happen overnight here in St Lucia, it was nurtured by the very ones who seek to suddenly exterminate those who commit it. So heaven help those who think that police patrolling the streets with with powered weapons and trying to instill fear in their targets will put an abrupt end to crime in St Lucia.

Our Caribbean leaders just ain't ready yet because they are part of the reason for this demise we face.

June 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Anonymous said...

An excellently written piece by Ms. Grant. It was very pregnant with meaning. I loved it!

Certainly, the writing is on the wall in St Lucia. Even if we choose to ignore it or deny it, the situation in St Lucia is not much different from Jamaica. Now the government has declared their own style of Martial law here. Check out the disposition of the police on the streets is that in the name of crime fighting? I's just a matter of time before the sentiments of the poor Jamaicans are shared by St Lucians. Crime did not happen overnight here in St Lucia, it was nurtured by the very ones who seek to suddenly exterminate those who commit it. So heaven help those who think that police patrolling the streets with with powered weapons and trying to instill fear in their targets will put an abrupt end to crime in St Lucia.

Our Caribbean leaders just ain't ready yet because they are part of the reason for this demise we face.

June 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM

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