Posts Tagged ‘murder toll in T&T’
dial “m” for murder
Murder toll as of October 4, 2009 according to the trinidad express is 411.
Too much! Wait till you have lived here longer. Look down the valley! See the cloud of a hundred chimneys that overshadows it! I tell you that the cloud of murder hangs thicker and lower than that over the heads of the people. It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn. Wait, young man, and you will learn for yourself. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Valley of Fear
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a vow of silence?
When people take a vow of silence it is often for religious purposes, act of penance, spiritual journey, or as an act of protest, pledging not to speak until demands are met.
Have the citizens of Trinidad & Tobago taken a vow of silence, a personal pledge to refrain from speaking out against gang violence, crime, corrupt politicians, corrupt police officers, known drug dealers, and known gang leaders? The common practice in T&T is if you see something, say nothing. Say nothing, because the police are incompetent, the justice system is horrible, and the government is corrupt. Because of this criminals are left to continue their trade without fear of being caught and brought to justice.
Until changes are made in T&T I do not foresee the citizens breaking their vow of silence. Unfortuanley taking a vow silence will not protect them either. The murder toll as of July 15, 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago according to the trinidad express now stands at 298.
Additional reading: Survivien’ Trinidad: What Would You Do?
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