08-09-2014, 12:33 AM
Tim...I think one of the things that upsets me the most about all of this is that the hard-working, honest Jamaicans are going to be the ones targeted by these thugs first, because they have something. I have come to know so many Jamaicans who fit this description.
I walked the beach on our trip last month and was looking for a Jamaican who I have enjoyed over a few trips who has a business on the beach. He was such a sweet, humble guy who was good to everyone. He was the leader of a band of hard-working people who gathered at a specific abandoned lot on the beach every day. You could tell by being around this group that they all looked up to him. I know I did. Just upon meeting him, you liked him.
As I walked this part of the beach during my trip, I asked after him to one of the guys who is part of the group. He told me he had died earlier this year, because he was hit by a vehicle on the beach road. The driver of said vehicle was outrunning the police.
I am growing tired of hearing about good people being killed because of the criminal element. This news pretty much put a pall over my vacation. The government needs to act and take care of this situation, before it gets completely out of control.
I walked the beach on our trip last month and was looking for a Jamaican who I have enjoyed over a few trips who has a business on the beach. He was such a sweet, humble guy who was good to everyone. He was the leader of a band of hard-working people who gathered at a specific abandoned lot on the beach every day. You could tell by being around this group that they all looked up to him. I know I did. Just upon meeting him, you liked him.
As I walked this part of the beach during my trip, I asked after him to one of the guys who is part of the group. He told me he had died earlier this year, because he was hit by a vehicle on the beach road. The driver of said vehicle was outrunning the police.
I am growing tired of hearing about good people being killed because of the criminal element. This news pretty much put a pall over my vacation. The government needs to act and take care of this situation, before it gets completely out of control.