spydar :
I was 18 years old in 1979, when a group of 3 police officers accosted me, in Rose Mount, St. James. It was after 12 midnight and I was going across to the district of Glendevon. After questioning me and realizing that I was just a harmless and scared teen, one of the officers took it upon himself to hit me so hard with the Sterling Sub Machine Gun that I felt numb all over. One of his colleagues, upset at his action, castigated him. His response was, "Run before me kill yuh!" I fled and he fired, probably in the air because none of the shots caught me. I enlisted in the JCF, in 1984 and served until my retirement in 2021. The young men and women, even the ones whom I arrested, even today, show me nothing but respect. I met the police again, who hit me and in 2005, he was a civilian and needed a recommendation for a job and I wrote it for him. My respect 🙏 to you, Big Boss...for making a positive impact, in spite of your horrifying encounter with a cop who believed that he was master of the universe instead of a servant of the people.
2026-08-08 20:33:11