The question is who are the people who should be hanged high? The police have solved (?) two of the 27 (at the time) murders committed in our fair country. Since that astounding claim, the number has doubled. It is doubtful whether any more have been solved.
Who, then, are the people our fellow citizens would have hanged? Should we hang all the people who have been charged with murder even though they are still awaiting trial several years later? And this, knowing what we do about police methods?
Where is the evidence that the people who have been charged are in fact guilty of the crime(s) of which they have been accused. The record of the police in such matters is not outstanding.
Unfortunately, some people who are motivated by the sight of their names in print support these calls even though their professional duties require them to defend the very people whom they criticise. It is dangerous for such calls to be made as it appears to give legitimacy to the repeated cases of police appearing to be trigger-happy.
The fact is that the police need to get on with the job and focus on the task of capturing the criminals, ensuring that proper standards are maintained in their evidence-gathering, instead of chasing after law-abiding citizens.
Karan Mahabirsingh,
Carapichaima