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July 27 2018

No charges advised after Broomes’ clash with guards

No charges have been advised following the recent confrontation between Minister Simona Broomes, her driver and two security guards in the parking lot of the Amazonia Mall at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

In a statement issued this morning, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) indicated that a file based on the investigation was completed and sent for legal advice.

“Please be informed that the file was completed and sent for legal advice, which was obtained to the effect that based on all the Statements and video footage, no charges are advised,” it said.threatening

The altercation occurred around 8.30 pm on Sunday, July 8th, when the minister visited the Amazonia Mall to purchase food from the New Thriving Chinese Restaurant, which is housed on the top floor of the building.

A statement issued by the police on the following day said that a “thorough investigation” was launched following allegations of abuse and threats against a minister and her driver. It did not name Broomes. “Initial enquiries reveal that both parties seemed to have been very aggressive,” the statement said, before adding that the two security guards were arrested and later released on their own recognisance.

In the wake of the incident, the KGM Security Firm, to which the guards are attached, said it was standing behind its two employees.

While the minister had alleged that the one of the guards pulled his weapon and used threatening language during the altercation, this was denied and CCTV footage of the altercation also did not substantiate the minister’s claims.

The footage seen by this newspaper showed the minister’s vehicle turning into the parking lot and stopping just a few feet away from the entrance to the Massy Supermarket. The driver of the vehicle, exited, and removed what appeared to be a no parking sign before venturing back into the vehicle. This caught the attention of the two guards, who were seen standing a short distance away.

One of the guards, who was armed with what appeared to be a high-powered rifle, ventured over to the vehicle and proceeded to return the sign to the space it had been moved from. As a result, the driver of the vehicle exited and had an exchange with the guard. Not long after, a woman, believed to be the Junior Minister, exited the back of the vehicle and proceeded to push two of the signs to the ground before engaging in a confrontation with a guard, who stood in front of the vehicle while the driver attempted to proceed as the signs had been removed.

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Former Member

Blackman can do no wrong under PNC's racist apartheid regime.

Pre 1992 anyone ?

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7/27/189:16 PM

Former Member

David Granger will rue the way he let this clueless, stupid woman and her sponsor Joe Harmon build up power on this kind of backwardness in the PNC

7/27/189:28 PM

cainTired old hippie

I agree, ditch the witch.

7/27/1811:37 PM

Former Member

Somebody needs to broom this woman Broomes.

7/28/188:35 AM

Mr.TI pity the fool

Django posted:

No charges have been advised following the recent confrontation between Minister Simona Broomes, her driver and two security guards in the parking lot of the Amazonia Mall at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
In a statement issued this morning, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) indicated that a file based on the investigation was completed and sent for legal advice.

This does seem to be a wrongly worded opening remark as a news item from the original source. The police are not there to make the law, but to act upon any incident according to the law, or legal advice. Far too many cases have collapsed over the years due to clever tactics by the criminal defence teams behind the defendants. Only a few days a go a murder caught with blood on his hands had to be acquitted by the judge due to technicalities overlooked by the prosecuting team. Even the judge said he was not far from issuing the death sentence. Other criminals were caught with drugs and weapons (Roger Khan for instance) but were still set free by the mainly Indian controlled Judiciary.
So now the police are having to waste extra time and money in getting a water tight case.

7/28/189:02 AM

Former Member

skeldon_man posted:
Somebody needs to broom this woman Broomes.

Not in a new brand of a racist PNC apartheid regime. Blackman can do no wrong, Pre 1992 is back in full swing.

7/28/1810:15 AM

DjangoAdmin

Just read comments in Stabroek News on this article,their are civility among the contributors.

Not the racist bilge you have read on GNI,admins should delete such post.

Clean this forum up,most of the posters are from NA where the perpetrators of racism aren't taken lightly.

7/28/1810:32 AM

Former Member

Is this a Pro PNC forum ? Free speech must prevail.

BTW what is so racist about expressing the truth about PNC apartheid regime ?

Broomes would have been sent to jail had that incident happened in North America and what is even worse is that she blatantly lied, all caught on video.

Don't try to defend a racist apartheid regime, your slip is showing.

7/28/1810:34 AM

Former Member

Django posted:
Just read comments in Stabroek News on this article,their are civility among the contributors.
Not the racist bilge you have read on GNI,admins should delete such post.
Clean this forum up,most of the posters are from NA where the perpetrators of racism aren't taken lightly.

You sure you live in America or did you vote for Donald Trump? Do you believe in freedom of speech...first amendment?

7/28/1810:37 AM

Former Member

Selective Free Speech is what DJ wants to implement.

He supports the daily degradation of Indos at GNI by having them labelled as COOLIES (the most derogatory and racist term used to insult Indos by colonialists) and having them labelled as Drunkards, Drug Users, Wife Abusers and Thieves.

He is deeply hurt at the term Blackman (a non racist term and a creole term used in Guyana for Afro Guyanese).

That is his standard for free speech.

7/28/1810:42 AM

DjangoAdmin

skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
Just read comments in Stabroek News on this article,their are civility among the contributors.
Not the racist bilge you have read on GNI,admins should delete such post.
Clean this forum up,most of the posters are from NA where the perpetrators of racism aren't taken lightly.
You sure you live in America or did you vote for Donald Trump? Do you believe in freedom of speech...first amendment.

I am fully aware about "free speech" and "first amendment"

Below is snapshot,pay attention to the highlighted and the court ruling in 1971.

What Does Free Speech Mean?

Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. The following are examples of speech, both direct (words) and symbolic (actions), that the Court has decided are either entitled to First Amendment protections, or not.

The First Amendment states, in relevant part, that:

“Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech.”

Freedom of speech includes the right:

Not to speak (specifically, the right not to salute the flag).
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).
Of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war (“Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”).
Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 (1969).
To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages.
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).
To contribute money (under certain circumstances) to political campaigns.
Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976).
To advertise commercial products and professional services (with some restrictions).
Virginia Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Consumer Council, 425 U.S. 748 (1976); Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 (1977).
To engage in symbolic speech, (e.g., burning the flag in protest).
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989); United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).

Freedom of speech does not include the right:

To incite actions that would harm others (e.g., “[S]hout[ing] ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”).
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
To make or distribute obscene materials.
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-...-resources/what-does

7/28/1811:15 AM

Former Member

Who the hell are you again ?

It's good that you publish that. Based on what has been posted, no one at GNI is violating free speech.

Freedom of speech does not include the right:

To incite actions that would harm others (e.g., “[S]hout[ing] ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”).
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
To make or distribute obscene materials.
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-...-resources/what-does

7/28/1811:16 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
Selective Free Speech is what DJ wants to implement.
He supports the daily degradation of Indos at GNI by having them labelled as COOLIES (the most derogatory and racist term used to insult Indos by colonialists) and having them labelled as Drunkards, Drug Users, Wife Abusers and Thieves.
He is deeply hurt at the term Blackman (a non racist term and a creole term used in Guyana for Afro Guyanese).
That is his standard for free speech.

You got to be a fool,i have condoned the use of the word "Coolies"

The word is "Kuli" snapshot of the meaning below.

From Hindi क़ुली (qulī) / Urdu قلی‎ (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength"

https://www.google.com/search?...0.0....0.5qTaolMtTd8

7/28/1811:19 AM

Former Member

Calling an Indo a COOLIE is a violation of free speech and is very racist.

Using the N word is a violation of free speech and is very racist.

7/28/1811:20 AM

Former Member

I don't recall anyone at GNI using the N word.

DJ, you are barking up the wrong tree in trying to defend PNC's apartheid regime.

Your problem is that you want to see GNI's PPP supporters muzzled.

7/28/1811:21 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
Who the hell are you again ?
It's good that you publish that. Based on what has been posted, no one at GNI is violating free speech.
Freedom of speech does not include the right:
To incite actions that would harm others (e.g., “[S]hout[ing] ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”).
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
To make or distribute obscene materials.
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-...-resources/what-does

Free speech in the ole USA Constitution is too deep for you to understand.

Read up on,Racial Slurs,Insults and Free Speech

7/28/1811:27 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
I don't recall anyone at GNI using the N word.
DJ, you are barking up the wrong tree in trying to defend PNC's apartheid regime.
Your problem is that you want to see GNI's PPP supporters muzzled.

Nope,

conversation can be more civil,it's never too late to learn.

7/28/1811:29 AM

Former Member

Django posted:
yuji22 posted:
Selective Free Speech is what DJ wants to implement.
He supports the daily degradation of Indos at GNI by having them labelled as COOLIES (the most derogatory and racist term used to insult Indos by colonialists) and having them labelled as Drunkards, Drug Users, Wife Abusers and Thieves.
He is deeply hurt at the term Blackman (a non racist term and a creole term used in Guyana for Afro Guyanese).
That is his standard for free speech.
You got to be a fool,i have condoned the use of the word "Coolies"

The word is "Kuli" snapshot of the meaning below.
From Hindi क़ुली (qulī) / Urdu قلی‎ (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength"
https://www.google.com/search?...0.0....0.5qTaolMtTd8

You are wrong again. I stand clearly that the term COOLIE was a racist term used by colonial masters to degrade, insult and humiliate people of Indian Origin.

BTW, the term Blackman is a creole term was was never used by anyone to insult or humiliate. It is just a creole term.

Now run along to PNC Congress Place and stop attempting to muzzle PPP supporters and free speech.

SHAME ON YOU !!!!

7/28/1811:29 AM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
Django posted:
yuji22 posted:
Selective Free Speech is what DJ wants to implement.
He supports the daily degradation of Indos at GNI by having them labelled as COOLIES (the most derogatory and racist term used to insult Indos by colonialists) and having them labelled as Drunkards, Drug Users, Wife Abusers and Thieves.
He is deeply hurt at the term Blackman (a non racist term and a creole term used in Guyana for Afro Guyanese).
That is his standard for free speech.
You got to be a fool,i have condoned the use of the word "Coolies"

The word is "Kuli" snapshot of the meaning below.
From Hindi क़ुली (qulī) / Urdu قلی‎ (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength"
https://www.google.com/search?...0.0....0.5qTaolMtTd8
You are wrong again. I stand clearly that the term COOLIE was a racist term used by colonial masters to degrade, insult and humiliate people of Indian Origin.
BTW, the term Blackman is a creole term was was never used by anyone to insult or humiliate. It is just a creole term.
Now run along to PNC Congress Place and stop attempting to muzzle PPP supporters and free speech.
SHAME ON YOU !!!!

Lots of things are too deep for you.

The highlighted have a tint of femininity.

7/28/1811:37 AM

Former Member

You must not try to have conversations with BIG MEN and make yourself look like an idiot time and time again at GNI.

Stop trying to muzzle PPP supporters and free speech by posting filth.

If you post nonsense, expect people to oppose it.

Get used to the fact that GNI has AFC, PNC and PPP supporters with opposing views and opinions. That is what free speech is all about.

BTW, the fact remains that Granger's endorsement and defence of Broomes is shameless and incomprehensible.

You and your slop can crew should write a letter to him and let him know that his actions are disgusting, and sets a terrible example as a leader by endorsing a Lying Witch.

7/28/1812:05 PM

DjangoAdmin

yuji22 posted:
You must not try to have conversations with BIG MEN and make yourself look like an idiot time and time again at GNI.
Stop trying to muzzle PPP supporters and free speech by posting filth.
If you post nonsense, expect people to oppose it.
Get used to the fact that GNI has AFC, PNC and PPP supporters with opposing views and opinions. That is what free speech is all about.
BTW, the fact remains that Granger's endorsement and defence of Broomes is shameless and incomprehensible.
You and your slop can crew should write a letter to him and let him know that his actions are disgusting, and sets a terrible example as a leader by endorsing a Lying Witch.

LOL

If you are the "Epitome" of big men,i surely don't want to mingle.

7/28/1812:12 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

Some people are confusing free speech with stoking racial tension. Let's remember how the Wismar massacres started. Neither are forums outside the legal jurisdiction if free speech amounting to enticing racial hatred. If Yuggi was calling for whites in the US to be treated in the same way as blacks were treated under the PPP government he would be in prison.

7/28/181:41 PM

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