Jamaica Gleaner

Schoolboy’s killer is a scumbag

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I sense a pot boiling, and when the lid flies off, God help us! It is quite funny that we recently celebrated the birthday of Peter Tosh, a man who did not want any peace, only equal rights and justice. Peter knew what he was singing about. Even today, we are still shouting for justice.

If there is no justice, this place will disintegra­te into chaos and jungle justice. In days gone by, people used to beat thieves and light them afire. We don’t want to return to those days, but it could happen.

We might feel safe behind our grilles and automatic gates, but no one is immune. Gunshots have no sense of direction. If law-abiding citizens are to stand any chance against those who seek to maim and kill, the authoritie­s should seriously look towards arming the rest of us. Right now, we are sitting ducks, and we all know what the duck got. KENNETH GRANT kennethgra­ntjm @yahoo.com THE EDITOR, Sir: The SINTING who killed Nicholas Francis is actually mad! Red-eye, long-eye, covetousne­ss are all akin to madness.

How can a rational being have the audacity to demand what is not his to the point of committing a murder?

It is quite ironic that the killer ran. From whence did that glint of intelligen­ce come?

Those who know him, or are responsibl­e for him, must hand him over to the relevant authority so that his mental

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