you see if you read carefully I do admit that the real problem here has many splinter groups that all lead to the real root which is wealth and greed,to be a little more real I would say that the young black wanna be high rollers of the black society can not afford a shipment of an entire boat or yacht load of illegal drugs,that is why I call them the mom and pop syndrome of our societys drug problem.

The deep pockets are those that already have great wealth and does not engage in this industry for fancy cars and jewelry and women.the reason they have great wealth is because this is an industry to them and not a gamble.they transport what they must with the aid of those who are willing to risk it all for a better life for their selves and their families and in the end if they get caught,Mr big has a reserve that takes care of them because he is mr untouchable so he thinks until his number is called.

Just so you dont think I am dancing around your question with fruitless answers,i recommend you go to the newspaper and dig up a report that was given to them from a former top cop a few years ago that admitted the average amount of drugs that were getting into Bermuda un-seized and that which was being seized,he also gave startling facts of statistics of how much volume of drugs were being sold locally on a yearly basis and sad to say that tourism has becaome third place in our economy as the drug trade has moved in second place and International business is still at first place.

Oh it would be real interesting if we can have an update to the volume of drugs here in 2012 and the street value of the same could be given and when the facts come to the fore front,dont you ever think for one minute that some little young black or white boy has the financial backing to create such an industry in an island as small as Bermuda for the supply and demand that we have here.

Some say if i am so knowlegdable of such information take it to the authorities,nice try but some of them are the problem.so I hope this enlightens you and no I am not a drug dealer and dont have any intentions on becoming one but I am an activist that will pound the pavement and go where most dare to go,I aint looking to be no hero but I will fulfill Gods divine destiny upon my life within my life time.

Marijuana is legal in the Netherlands, but there are major problems there with gangs and crime. The country introduced measures in 2011 to restrict marijuana-related tourism, because pot tourists are regarded as a nuisance. Legalising marijuana does not automatically solve the problems.

TAKE BERMUDA INDEPENDENT AND THEN TAKE OVER THE POLICE!

That is the only way they can do what they say they will do. Newsflah, the gov doesn’t control bablyon!

In Bermuda it is a known fact that no government has the powwer to deal with this situation until they are willing to deal with the root of the problem and that root is dirived from many splinter groups that all funnels back to one main root,wealth and greed.
now I always use Wall street as an example,where wealthy investors invest for great return and it is a gamble because they are not always guranteed a return but not so in the drug trade.

Over the last 10 years we have seen more and more suit and tie looking people being connected to the under world and the brains behind the drug trade,the stories we read about in our local shores only highlight the mom and pop syndrome of the trade where you got lone soldiers trying to become big,while their are those amongst us that are much more business orientated and look a lot like you and those that look like you and they take a delight at exploiting the young black race who to them are very replacable at the drop of a dime and to that end have no problem at investing their dollars in those they consider to be low lifes,because at the end of the day the middle man hired by the high arcky does the go between and would never get to know or reach Mr Big.

then we have the likes of our law enforcement and customs,who use to be accused of being on the pay roll but now that the boarders are a greater avenue of import and mostly those that look like me are deemed suspicious then it is easy for an old whit cople that is just sailing along through retirement to haul and good 10 million in here at one time of drugs the would net over tripple that amount on the streets.I have said enough and not a lot but take your damn head out of the sand and please dont be so quick to be a damn hero.

While I believe we can sit back and do nothing,I can guarantee you wont come into power and do much more then what is presently being done,I hope Colin Coxall has a journal somewhere and release’s it at some point before he leaves this world or leave instructions for it top be published shortly after.

I have lived these damn streets and know it like the back of my hand from old to new and you are a joke waiting to happen and for some fool who thinks I am being unkind and rude,get over it and Bermuda start targeting the real jackasses responsible and then we can get down to the street level and hopefully slow down or stop our young black man from being caught up in this web,that those that are really benefitting will feel the crunch.

If you think catching a few big hauls or seizing a few guns solves the problem you are and will be a laughing stock.O.B.A has no plan for gun violence because it is those that have deep pockets fueling the drug industry and where there is drugs there is guns and you can go back as far as the 60′s in Bermuda and see this is nothing new,just now they come to the surface.

Question:
1. Whis is training this gang task force and what is the financial expebditure related to the training and day to day operation.

2. Where are you planning to house these ex gang members that you are wrapping your arms around. Bermuda is but 22 square miles long, this is not Cincinnati or anywhere else where they can pick up and go to another state and start over.

3. What is the contingency plan??? In other words if they fail to take the carrot, the full extent of the law is already in place . . .so now what???

Here’s my issue . . . this plan sounds great coming out of his mouth and on paper, but in reality it’s not realistic. Designing and implementing a gang task force, which in essence is what he is referring to takes a great deal of training by trained and skilled persons who have a great deal of experience. Yes, these startegies have worked in Biston, New York and Cincinnati, however Bermuda is a totally different entity. It is a small community where everybody knows everybody . . .there is no where for them to go if they decide to leave the gang, unless they go to the UK . . .and that’s already in place.

I smiled when I read the participants, clergy – where the hell have the clergy been for the last three years that this has been going on. Why haven’t they stepped outside of their pulpit or parsonage and hit the streets, talking to these young men? I guess first of all they would have to figure out where to go huh.

Social Workers . . .really . . .does he know how backlogged social workers are right now with their current caseloads? Let’s put it this way, if it’s taking all of five months for a hotlined case to be investigated how and where are they going to find the time during their busy day? Oh let me guess, we are talking after hours . . .albeit their family time . . .you must be going to pay them = expenditure.

Anytime that a plan can be pulled apart this easily, it is flawed, not startegic and effective for the culture and persons it is targeted at . . .