A horrific onslaught of murders has been rocking the country in recent weeks. The lives of hard-working Jamaicans have been mercilessly snuffed out by demon-possessed men who are hell-bent on turning our streets red with blood.
Old men and women, taxi operators, tradesmen, entrepreneurs, farmers, and even children are being wiped out. The sight of yellow tape, dismayed onlookers, puzzled police, and wailing relatives and friends make up the common scene in news broadcasts. It is terrifying and depressing to, say the least.
When darkness falls it is almost a mad scramble for people to get off the streets to go home and lock themselves behind bars. We no longer have to commit a crime to be locked behind bars since Jamaicans have now become their own prisoners, for fear of human demons, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to steel-cage the place they
call home.
Peace of mind has become a luxury and only tourists seem to get a taste of it these days. There seems to be no way out for us as the authorities seem bewildered by the gruesome killings across our nation. The remedy seems far from them, so much so that the minister of national security, religious leaders and mayors are timidly saying that we need divine intervention.
I would like to suggest an intervention. I recently heard that the gallows remains and fully functional. If that is so, we need to be using it. Hang the men who go around killing innocent, hard-working people. We are tired of the bloodshed. When these brutish men are caught, the DPP should spring into action and the buzzword should be 'gallows'.
And, please, let's not wait months and years to hang the convicted murderers, just get it over and done with. It is clear that these murderous criminals have no intention whatsoever to build anything, so I say hang them. If we don't start taking deliberate action along this line the murderers will not believe we are serious and will continue their rampage with no recourse. They will continue to slaughter and we the good citizens will continue to be prisoners in our own homes. I support putting the gallows to work for the sake of national security and justice.
Derville Lowe
Montego Bay
drvlllowe@yahoo.com
Put the gallows to work
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Old men and women, taxi operators, tradesmen, entrepreneurs, farmers, and even children are being wiped out. The sight of yellow tape, dismayed onlookers, puzzled police, and wailing relatives and friends make up the common scene in news broadcasts. It is terrifying and depressing to, say the least.
When darkness falls it is almost a mad scramble for people to get off the streets to go home and lock themselves behind bars. We no longer have to commit a crime to be locked behind bars since Jamaicans have now become their own prisoners, for fear of human demons, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to steel-cage the place they
call home.
Peace of mind has become a luxury and only tourists seem to get a taste of it these days. There seems to be no way out for us as the authorities seem bewildered by the gruesome killings across our nation. The remedy seems far from them, so much so that the minister of national security, religious leaders and mayors are timidly saying that we need divine intervention.
I would like to suggest an intervention. I recently heard that the gallows remains and fully functional. If that is so, we need to be using it. Hang the men who go around killing innocent, hard-working people. We are tired of the bloodshed. When these brutish men are caught, the DPP should spring into action and the buzzword should be 'gallows'.
And, please, let's not wait months and years to hang the convicted murderers, just get it over and done with. It is clear that these murderous criminals have no intention whatsoever to build anything, so I say hang them. If we don't start taking deliberate action along this line the murderers will not believe we are serious and will continue their rampage with no recourse. They will continue to slaughter and we the good citizens will continue to be prisoners in our own homes. I support putting the gallows to work for the sake of national security and justice.
Derville Lowe
Montego Bay
drvlllowe@yahoo.com
Put the gallows to work
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