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This unpleasant incident is not getting the serious response it deserves

Apr 07, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Marudi beating of innocent civilians by law men is garnering the attention that it rightfully deserve but sadly the seriousness to equate the gravity of this situation has not been given by the relevant authorities.
As I read Mr. Carl Parker’s letter ‘the animals in police uniform’ Wednesday, March 7th 2013 brings into question the level of education and mannerism of some members of the Guyana Police Force.
When an officer of the force is ignorant to the degree of being unaware of  who he works for and can say with confidence that he does not work with the President and he the President cannot give him orders, is a very frightening revelation and reality we as citizens are being faced with.
This beastly act perpetrated by this law man who took the oath to protect, serve and maintain the laws of the land is most appalling. His conscious act of bestowing countless lashes on a woman and her children, one being a twelve year old child begs to question the humanity of this officer and his colleagues in the force.
I believe the other officers who were there are equally responsibility for this gruesome and inhuman act. They stood watching without any attempt to preserve the laws they sworn to do, but rather stood in their ready to shoot posture to defend this unlawful and barbaric assault on this woman and her child.
I’m of the firm view that the severity of this unpleasant incident is not getting the serious response and actions that are needed to prevent this from recurring. And the fact that this said policeman is still in the area working and his boss, the commissioner of police says ‘nothing is wrong with this, as investigation is still going on’ is testimony to the very poor level of seriousness being given to this miscarriage of justice.
We as citizens must make it our duty and responsibility to ventilate and speak out to the powers that be that we will not all our constitutional rights to be eroded and that the law is superior to all, regardless of who you are or where you work. We the people must be conscious and cognizant, that the power of the people is greater than the people in power and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Jermaine Figueira

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