The Criminal element

[BlackCryptoKnight]

During the course of hurricane Ivan, my heart broke when I heard on the news that there were people going around and looting, shooting people (they shot a female doctor on her way to work during the storm), fighting over "turf" in a shelter, and molesting children in a shelter.

What is wrong with some people? Not even in a time of national crisis can certain people put aside criminal tendencies and do something positive? It makes me sick. :eusa_snoo

[AngelsKiss]

I think until these criminal elements understand that their crimes will not go unpunished they will continue to do what they please. Unfortunately the police force is very lacking in its ability to track down criminals.

I hate to see what they are doing to our country. :(

[Greatis]

hmmm well BCK. I heard from more than one person that Gunmen were walking around in the hurricane Ivan. think i heard some were saying " Ivan bad but mi badda" now I don't expect better from men weilding guns and killing wantonly. Obviously they have no regard for their own life so why should a little hurricane deter them.

[BlackCryptoKnight]

hmmm well BCK. I heard from more than one person that Gunmen were walking around in the hurricane Ivan. think i heard some were saying " Ivan bad but mi badda" now I don't expect better from men weilding guns and killing wantonly. Obviously they have no regard for their own life so why should a little hurricane deter them.

I don't think I'll ever understand the mindset of a person who would chose to hurt and rob people rather than go and make an honest living. I still can't believe that during the worst hurricane to pass this way in a long time, people couldn't just put down the badness for a time and focus on something more positive.

Not to mention those who looted the homes of persons who evacuated to shelters. I know someone who lived at Caribbean Terrace in Harbour View, who now has absolutely nothing left after the sea and the looters made off with her home and belongings.

Wickedness.

No matter how poverty stricken you think you may be, you don't have the right to take what doesn't belong to you.

[Chris]

well add this to what you heard ...

The Sunday after the hurricane had passed there was news that two houses were on fire. I went to the place to see what was happening (typical Jamaican) and would you believe that right there in the upper middle-income complex men were helping themselves to the property of the victims? They were going through the household items that had been removed from the burning house ... while the house was still on fire and firemen were fighting the blaze. This I thought was the lowest of lows, good thing some police were on hand to nab one or two of the animals.

Speaking of lowest of lows, there was a news item of persons from one community chopping the water pipes of another community ... because they got water before their community :(

Then there is the news of what some evacuees did to a particular school that they had to seek refuge in. Rather than give God thanks for the shelter, they decided to kick off doors to many offices and classrooms and ransack the place while defacating on some desks.

[AngelsKiss]

Its things like these that makes me very angry and why I decided I wanted to take a break from Jamaica. I wish we had a better law enforcement with the proper training and resources that would allow them to track these criminals down and punish them. :mad:

[BlackCryptoKnight]

well add this to what you heard ...

The Sunday after the hurricane had passed there was news that two houses were on fire. I went to the place to see what was happening (typical Jamaican) and would you believe that right there in the upper middle-income complex men were helping themselves to the property of the victims? They were going through the household items that had been removed from the burning house ... while the house was still on fire and firemen were fighting the blaze. This I thought was the lowest of lows, good thing some police were on hand to nab one or two of the animals.

Speaking of lowest of lows, there was a news item of persons from one community chopping the water pipes of another community ... because they got water before their community :(

Then there is the news of what some evacuees did to a particular school that they had to seek refuge in. Rather than give God thanks for the shelter, they decided to kick off doors to many offices and classrooms and ransack the place while defacating on some desks.

I saw news footage of a chicken farm that had been destroyed, and right in front of the owner who was surveying the damage, looters were making off with dead and live chickens and other things. All the man could do was watch.

Then there was the case of the woman whose house and children were burned up because she had a dispute with members of her community. They wanted to dig a trench through her yard to allow flood water to run off but she didn't want to allow it. Somebody set fire to her home as a result.

I can't even type what I really feel right now because of how inflamed I am over these things. :icon_evil

[BlackCryptoKnight]

Now that operation KingFish is in progress, I wonder how the crime situation will be impacted? Is it gonna be more of the same old same old? :eusa_thin