There must be respect for the law and law enforcement

Apr 24, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Recently we viewed a bus driver chasing after a policeman with a cutlass shortly after he was pulled over by the said lawman for violating the rules of the road. According to reports, the bus driver had broken a line of vehicles, and had driven against oncoming traffic to force his way at the front of the line. The traffic cop on duty would have cautioned him for his dangerous driving by pulling him over to the side of the road. This incensed that bus driver to the point where he armed himself with a weapon and attacked the police.
Now, this comes as nothing new because we see these occurrences on a daily basis at rush hour on all the nation’s roads. It is a lawless behaviour that oftentimes results in death to passengers themselves, as well as those of the pedestrian traffic and I am asking for strong action to be taken by the traffic department to arrest this situation.
So, in the first instance, this driver is going on the age old reasoning that “I have been doing this for eons of time and why can’t I do it now,” after all it is all part of “the hustle” minibus drivers are accustomed to be engaged in on a daily basis. He reasons, why should some “silly police officer” stop my hustle? This is the foolishness that keeps repeating itself over and over again by the law breaking public out there. A similar situation was seen at The Brazilian Border location where a healthy contraband trade exists. When lawmen tried to make a search of the accused home he stoutly resisted; the meaning of this is why come and stop my “hustle,” and if you dare I will resist with force. This is the lawless and out-of-control situation that has overtaken our country and, like I said earlier, every effort has to be made to stop this slide into chaos.
Yours truly,
Neil Adams

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