Dear Editor,
I am imploring the police high command to urgently remove windscreen wipers that are fixtures at the corner of Old Hope Road and Hope Road, a few feet from Matilda’s Corner Police Station.
The wipers are a menace to women drivers who constantly suffer the intimidation and damage to their cars. A slim, ‘half-Indian’ wiper is an especially dangerous fellow who damaged my car, wrenching off the outside mirror, when I said he should not wipe my windscreen which was already clean. This same fellow used a sharp object to damage my niece’s car, scarring her brand new car right across the trunk when she refused his demand to clean her windscreen. Another one spat at an elderly woman’s face and only ran when a male driver jumped out of a car and chased him.
The problem with the fellows who swarm around Matilda’s Corner is they refuse to take no for an answer, then turn around and attack women who stand up to them.
If the police can’t keep Matilda’s Corner from being overtaken by men who harass women constantly, how in the world are we to have confidence in their ability or commitment to keep us safe otherwise?
If the police don’t clear Matilda’s Corner of these men who constantly harass women, and keep it cleared, I think that shoppers should do something that gets their attention. It might even take shoppers boycotting the stores and gas stations that are located there. I’m sure that then the police would permanently take care of the problem.
S Gayle
St Andrew
I am imploring the police high command to urgently remove windscreen wipers that are fixtures at the corner of Old Hope Road and Hope Road, a few feet from Matilda’s Corner Police Station.
The wipers are a menace to women drivers who constantly suffer the intimidation and damage to their cars. A slim, ‘half-Indian’ wiper is an especially dangerous fellow who damaged my car, wrenching off the outside mirror, when I said he should not wipe my windscreen which was already clean. This same fellow used a sharp object to damage my niece’s car, scarring her brand new car right across the trunk when she refused his demand to clean her windscreen. Another one spat at an elderly woman’s face and only ran when a male driver jumped out of a car and chased him.
The problem with the fellows who swarm around Matilda’s Corner is they refuse to take no for an answer, then turn around and attack women who stand up to them.
If the police can’t keep Matilda’s Corner from being overtaken by men who harass women constantly, how in the world are we to have confidence in their ability or commitment to keep us safe otherwise?
If the police don’t clear Matilda’s Corner of these men who constantly harass women, and keep it cleared, I think that shoppers should do something that gets their attention. It might even take shoppers boycotting the stores and gas stations that are located there. I’m sure that then the police would permanently take care of the problem.
S Gayle
St Andrew