Dear Editor,
It is reported in another newspaper (The Star) that the Spanish Town police yesterday seized an Escalade Sports Utility Vehicle that was transporting a body to a funeral after documentation proved it should not be operating on the road.
It is disturbing to me that members of the funeral party — or anyone for that matter — would be irate with the police. The police are not the ones who showed disrespect for the dead. The funeral director/parlor showed disrespect for the dead and the rule of law when they did not have the proper documentation for the vehicle.
I hope the police file charges against the driver. The Transport Authority and the NRSC should be working to have government enact legislation that will ensure stiff penalties for driving unlicensed and
uninsured vehicles.
Authnel Reid
authnelreid@optonline.net
Disrespecting the dead
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It is reported in another newspaper (The Star) that the Spanish Town police yesterday seized an Escalade Sports Utility Vehicle that was transporting a body to a funeral after documentation proved it should not be operating on the road.
It is disturbing to me that members of the funeral party — or anyone for that matter — would be irate with the police. The police are not the ones who showed disrespect for the dead. The funeral director/parlor showed disrespect for the dead and the rule of law when they did not have the proper documentation for the vehicle.
I hope the police file charges against the driver. The Transport Authority and the NRSC should be working to have government enact legislation that will ensure stiff penalties for driving unlicensed and
uninsured vehicles.
Authnel Reid
authnelreid@optonline.net
Disrespecting the dead
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