Who should Guyana call in to stem the violence?

Feb 11, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Shortly after Donald Trump took the reins of the most powerful nation on Earth, he wasted no time in ensuring that he would carry out his election promise of making America great again. He called the violence in Chicago “totally out of control. And to show that he was not making idle promises, Trump who campaigned as the candidate of law and order, threatened to send federal law enforcement to the city of Chicago if the homicide rate did not come down.
Chicago is currently struggling to combat a wave of violence that caused the death toll to reach the highest it has ever been in two decades. A total of 762 homicides for all of 2016 – more than the combined death toll in New York and Los Angeles, the only city with more residents. Viewing the ongoing carnage in Guyana through hermeneutical lens one can rationally pose the question, who should be called in to stem the bloodshed? Would America intervene under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative?
Recent events bear ample testimony to the fact that the crime situation in Guyana is out of control, despite repeated statements to the contrary by those directly responsible. In November 2016, President Granger, prior to his Public Interest television programme, told members of the local media corps, “I am suggesting that the pattern of crimes that we have seen is part of a campaign”. One wonders when would the campaign end, and hopefully there is no other part to be seen.
The President was adamant that the commission of crimes was due to ulterior motives – perhaps to show that the Police is weak or the Government is weak. Let us not overlook the fact that in order to remedy a situation, one has to first acknowledge its presence, and it is blatantly obvious that this is not being done.
In Guyana the days and time no longer exist when people quarreled, cussed out, cut up eyes and walked away, or the men settled differences with their fists. Nowadays when you get someone angry you pay with your life either by the gun, the cutlass or the knife. Also burgeoning in this sanguineous mayhem is a group of youngsters with fully honed predatory skills, firearm mastery, and homicidal penchants. Take the case of the killers of Professor Perry Mars, where the ages of the perpetrators range from fifteen to eighteen years.
These individuals should be carrying their text books to school rather than duct tape to bind the professor. Now even at the trial their true colors are showing as Timothy Paul Chance one of the accused was accosted by another accused and stabbed to his abdomen with an improvised ice pick. Lending my two cents to the argument, with no malice or rancor aforethought but such a display shows a weak government, sloppy police inspection and an ailing justice system. Were these and all other suspects carefully searched and screened before leaving the prison and entering the court house?
The results could have been tragic. On the very same day in the Police Outpost at the same Georgetown Magistrate Court, murder accused Regus Lamazon pulled a knife during a brawl with other prisoners. An individual who has already murdered would have no hesitation in repeating his human disposal gesture; hence although one is innocent until proven guilty nevertheless the crime for which he is accused should serve as the stark indicator of how he should be treated.
What underlies this disregard for the law and its representatives? Yes, there was a time in Guyana when even the mention of police, let alone the appearance of a policeman were enough to deter likely law breakers and cause a change in action. Sadly, this is no longer the case, and doubtfully there would be no return. To this end, the arms of the law are also to be held culpable for such a state of affairs as the dishonest, underhand conduct of members of the ranks have not only tarnished their image but also severely diminished public confidence and respect.
The lawlessness in Guyana must come to an end and imminent one too. For some strange reason the intended message is not fully understood, for if it was then there would be no law breaking in places of law making. We can no longer seek solace in the Sam Cooke song, “A change is gonna come.” The change has already come, and it has been a change for the worse. The enigma persists— Who should Guyana call in to stop the crime? Noting that Trump will send the Feds to Chicago with no waste of time
Yvonne Sam

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