I do not support the resolution

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On two occasions numerous members of my family were beaten by the police in Haiti back in the 90s. For no lawful reasons.

I'm talking about severe beating where it took them weeks to recover physically.

And in case anybody's wondering it was not political nor was it crime related.

Therefore I strongly oppose police brutality.

Yet I do not support the Deputies' resolution.

In my opinion the Lower Chamber reacted inappropriately, it should have resquest an investigation before adopting this resolution.

I don't even know whether they have the legal power to resquest the dismissal of the officers.

From Radio metropole heard St Fleur Casimir's lawyer explaining the matter and It's not black and white.

First the Deputy broke the law by driving in the wrong direction in a one-way street.

Second the car was reported stolen and the passengers refused to get out of the vehicle when asked by police.

Lastly it was reported that the passengers had weapons and the Deputy himself had a gun that he wasn't suppose to have. The Deputy used to be a police officer, when he left the force he never returned his weapon.

I heard all of that from Radio metropole.

Breaking the law doesn't give the police the right to abuse a person.

However before I support the dismissal of these officers I want to know how the Deputy and his entourage behaved during the whole thing.

The Deputy is not above the law.I want to know whether he was resisting arrest, was he himself being aggressive physically.

My view is that if a person is resisting arrest and the police smack you then you deserve it. It doesn't matter who you are Deputy, Senator, President, if you break the law you should be arrested and if during the arrest you become aggressive and you get roughed up by the police then that's legal because it's the police's job to restrain you. The cops have the legal right to use force to restrain anyone who's being defiant.

If it's democracy we want them we must observe its principles.

Before these officers are fired there needs to be an investigate to determine whether or not the use of force was unwarranted.

Just a while back I heard the story of an other lawmaker who attacked a police officer because the lawmaker had tinted windows.

Keep in mind that the government passed a law banning tinted windows in december to better fight the kidnapping crisis.

The young officer was just doing his job.

Mark, January 30 2007, 10:41 PM

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