From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Detention!
published: Sunday June 22, 2008
Dr Orville Taylor, Contributor
This column might have been written earlier but I was detained by the police for much longer than expected. In fact, they held me for two days without charge and had me reporting to Harman Barracks and another location twice after being released.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"(D)espite all the rumours one hears about members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), they are more educated, competent and committed than is generally recognised.
Nevertheless, while in their company it became necessary to reflect on the freedom of movement that I enjoyed as a law-abiding citizen, but more so because I was a 'name brand' man, and how happy I was not to have been among the 107 'no name' persons carted off for three days last weekend.
The prime minister has been dragged over the coals for his alleged suggestion that the period that a suspect can be detained should be extended. Believe it or not, under Jamaican law, no person can be legally kept in captivity beyond 48 hours without charge. When that time passes, the individual may have his attorney serve a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release."
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"What is needed is increased training, more technology to screen and capture details about suspects, and better cooperation with the public, who are also fed up and scared of the killers.
Greater commitment must come from the politicians who preside over garrisons.
By the way, a crime-free garrison does not simply mean the absence of shootings or murders.
No one can boast of low-crime communities if large numbers of 'parked' guns are present.
Remember, possession of firearms, especially rifles, is a major crime too."
Dr Orville Taylor is senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at UWI, Mona. Feedback may be sent to orville.taylor@uwimona.edu.jm or columns@gleanerjm.com.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
JG - Disowning crime
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Disowning crime
published: Sunday June 15, 2008
Orville Taylor
He is that relative that you wished you never had. He turns up at the most inopportune times, wearing awful-looking shirts, reminiscent of certain politicians, and speaks with a loose tongue, publicly revealing details about your life that you would have preferred to forget.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Like a sex tape that the nasty public seeks to milk as it flows like spilt liquid, he touches everybody, destroying all that he reaches.
Everything that he hits he swallows and he has a voracious appetite.
Although he consumes a large part of the national income, nobody seems to be able to control or collect from him, because his name is crime and he does not pay."
"The PNP's big man moves with the dexterity of a ballet dancer as he points to the growth of the international drug trade and, of course, his favourite scapegoat - deportees.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that most of the homicides and major crimes are by boys who have seen only the planes used by carpenters, this has continued to be a beating stick.
Face it!
The jump in murders coincides with his tenure."
"Indeed, some of the crimes are caused by deportees, but the majority of deportations are for relatively minor and immigration offences and not capital crimes.
Moreover, the allegation of their major involvement in the crime wave is not supported by the police data."
"(T)he increase in homicides is directly correlated to the insensitivity to non-unionised labour in the 1990s."
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"Nonetheless, there is also an external cause.
Doubtless, the drug trade, the wanton importation of deportees (and I mean the cars here, Jake!), cellphones, the Internet and cable television, bear the blame as well.
Also, the loss of agricultural and manufacturing jobs is directly linked to the actions of the American Democratic Party.
Ironically, the so-called 'anti-black' Reagan/Bush/Bush-led Republican Party had created the Caribbean Basin Initiative, giving preferential treatment to West Indian imports and creating thousands of jobs in manufacturing.
Paradoxically, the decline in the agricultural sector is correlated to the Bill Clinton initiative that killed the Caribbean banana industry.
If you destroy the banana farmer, won't he grow weed or buy guns?"
Dr Orville Taylor is senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Mona. Send feedback to orville.taylor@uwimona.edu.jm or columns@gleanerjm.com.
Jamaica Gleaner
Disowning crime
published: Sunday June 15, 2008
Orville Taylor
He is that relative that you wished you never had. He turns up at the most inopportune times, wearing awful-looking shirts, reminiscent of certain politicians, and speaks with a loose tongue, publicly revealing details about your life that you would have preferred to forget.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Like a sex tape that the nasty public seeks to milk as it flows like spilt liquid, he touches everybody, destroying all that he reaches.
Everything that he hits he swallows and he has a voracious appetite.
Although he consumes a large part of the national income, nobody seems to be able to control or collect from him, because his name is crime and he does not pay."
"The PNP's big man moves with the dexterity of a ballet dancer as he points to the growth of the international drug trade and, of course, his favourite scapegoat - deportees.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that most of the homicides and major crimes are by boys who have seen only the planes used by carpenters, this has continued to be a beating stick.
Face it!
The jump in murders coincides with his tenure."
"Indeed, some of the crimes are caused by deportees, but the majority of deportations are for relatively minor and immigration offences and not capital crimes.
Moreover, the allegation of their major involvement in the crime wave is not supported by the police data."
"(T)he increase in homicides is directly correlated to the insensitivity to non-unionised labour in the 1990s."
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"Nonetheless, there is also an external cause.
Doubtless, the drug trade, the wanton importation of deportees (and I mean the cars here, Jake!), cellphones, the Internet and cable television, bear the blame as well.
Also, the loss of agricultural and manufacturing jobs is directly linked to the actions of the American Democratic Party.
Ironically, the so-called 'anti-black' Reagan/Bush/Bush-led Republican Party had created the Caribbean Basin Initiative, giving preferential treatment to West Indian imports and creating thousands of jobs in manufacturing.
Paradoxically, the decline in the agricultural sector is correlated to the Bill Clinton initiative that killed the Caribbean banana industry.
If you destroy the banana farmer, won't he grow weed or buy guns?"
Dr Orville Taylor is senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Mona. Send feedback to orville.taylor@uwimona.edu.jm or columns@gleanerjm.com.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
JG - Hung up on hanging
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Hung up on hanging
published: Sunday November 16, 2008
Dr Orville Taylor, Contributor
Off with their heads! Hang them from the highest tree! This hanging debate in Parliament as regards the death penalty is an emotive issue, but we cannot seem to find a consensus. Indeed, it is a hung jury. A few weeks ago, men of the cloth jumped the gun and attempted unsuccessfully to point to a biblical justification for killing in the name of the State. Unlike the Church's stance on sexuality, this has created a split in the middle and because of a few overzealous pastors, there is no united front. But that is not where the honest discussion must 'lie.' As far as the teachings of the Bible are concerned, this is a matter for the laws of man.
Read the whole article here.
Jamaica Gleaner
Hung up on hanging
published: Sunday November 16, 2008
Dr Orville Taylor, Contributor
Off with their heads! Hang them from the highest tree! This hanging debate in Parliament as regards the death penalty is an emotive issue, but we cannot seem to find a consensus. Indeed, it is a hung jury. A few weeks ago, men of the cloth jumped the gun and attempted unsuccessfully to point to a biblical justification for killing in the name of the State. Unlike the Church's stance on sexuality, this has created a split in the middle and because of a few overzealous pastors, there is no united front. But that is not where the honest discussion must 'lie.' As far as the teachings of the Bible are concerned, this is a matter for the laws of man.
Read the whole article here.
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