RE: News story ‘Bandit’, 16, succumbs to injuries dealt by patrons
- Published on May 5, 2016, 11:00 pm AST Trinidad Express
The older generation is to blame for creating a toxic political climate and failing law enforcement institutions.
Turn back the clock 10 years to when this boy was 6 years old and still innocent.
If the PNM spent a billion dollars fixing the Judiciary and Police service instead of spending money on an unused stadium and other mega projects the crime scourge might have been severely reduced by now.
Crime did not appear out of nowhere yesterday, it is a systemic and generational issue linked to the inadequacies in our nation's leadership.
If efforts were made to provide better opportunities for the youth and to eliminate this gang culture this boy might have been saved from a life of crime.
If the UNC didn't tolerate politicians with connections to gangs e.g. LifeSport the situation wouldn't' have gotten worse.
Nobody should be celebrating the death of a young man who could easily have been reformed and become a productive member of society today.
He was only 16 years old, at that age my biggest decision in life was what video game to play and what subjects to do for CXC.
His mind was impressionable and easily swayed by gang elements.
His mind was impressionable and easily swayed by gang elements.
If you don't consider life sacred you are no better than the criminals who kill ,rape and steal on a daily basis. You simply have the luxury of a stable income and dont have to turn to crime to make ends meet.
But lacking a moral code you probably would kill someone if the situation called for it just like a criminal.
If you are unable to love your enemy, even the one who tries to steal from you, you are part of the problem.
Those of you who promote using excessive force to harm criminals and extra judicial killings are going to be part of the problem as we seek to fix this nation.
What we need is law and order not wanton violence.
What we need is love and compassion not a culture that has no regard for human life.
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