Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
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Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
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Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
Shot down on the street execution style just like the hundreds more that the PPP Phantom Death Squad murdered.
Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
I am inclined to concur with you. This unsettles me as well. There are too many vested interests in the PPP holding power for them to go quietly without resorting to violence. And inciting anti-Indian violence against some poor worthless Indian peasants isn't above the PPP.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
On the third hand, Occam's Razor says this could just be some normal shooting in a third world country for any number of trivial reasons.
This is quite tragic.
My condolences to all the family.
Hope this is not related to PPP/state violence.
Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
I am inclined to concur with you. This unsettles me as well. There are too many vested interests in the PPP holding power for them to go quietly without resorting to violence. And inciting anti-Indian violence against some poor worthless Indian peasants isn't above the PPP.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
On the third hand, Occam's Razor says this could just be some normal shooting in a third world country for any number of trivial reasons.
dude, Stop your Nonsense . . . please!
this is a PNC/GDF bai, not some random fella
how does violence help the PNC in these circumstances after all the effort at building a coalition, with all the optimism this past month . . . or any time pre-election?
cui bono!? for crying out loud
u are beyond reason and beyond the pale bai . . . i have no words
Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
I am inclined to concur with you. This unsettles me as well. There are too many vested interests in the PPP holding power for them to go quietly without resorting to violence. And inciting anti-Indian violence against some poor worthless Indian peasants isn't above the PPP.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
On the third hand, Occam's Razor says this could just be some normal shooting in a third world country for any number of trivial reasons.
dude Stop your Nonsense!
this is a PNC/GDF bai, not some random fella
how does violence help the PNC in these circumstances after all the effort at building a coalition, with all the optimism this past month . . . or any time pre-election!
cui bono! for crying out loud?
u are beyond reason and beyond the pale bai . . . i have no words
Cui bono is appropriate if/when dealing with uniformly smart, reasonable, rational, and intelligent actors.
My remark is intended to convey the point that some PNCites have indulged in violence that seem almost non-sensical. Not every member of the PNC is some political genius. I can perfectly see how some PNC member or cell could have done something beyond stupid in our estimation.
The PNC has previously engaged in beating/killing and burning the property of the majority ethnic group in Guyana and now like 10 years later is asking for the same group's votes so yes there is a case to be made that the PNC is composed of some thick skulled morons.
Mark Benshit used to incite blacks to beat up Indians some 10 years ago. He also caused two people to die by his foolishness to invade the oFFIXE OF THE pRESIDENT.
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
I am inclined to concur with you. This unsettles me as well. There are too many vested interests in the PPP holding power for them to go quietly without resorting to violence. And inciting anti-Indian violence against some poor worthless Indian peasants isn't above the PPP.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
On the third hand, Occam's Razor says this could just be some normal shooting in a third world country for any number of trivial reasons.
dude Stop your Nonsense!
this is a PNC/GDF bai, not some random fella
how does violence help the PNC in these circumstances after all the effort at building a coalition, with all the optimism this past month . . . or any time pre-election!
cui bono! for crying out loud?
u are beyond reason and beyond the pale bai . . . i have no words
Cui bono is appropriate if/when dealing with uniformly smart, reasonable, rational, and intelligent actors.
My remark is intended to convey the point that some PNCites have indulged in violence that seem almost non-sensical. Not every member of the PNC is some political genius. I can perfectly see how some PNC member or cell could have done something beyond stupid in our estimation.
The PNC has previously engaged in beating/killing and burning the property of the majority ethnic group in Guyana and now like 10 years later is asking for the same group's votes so yes there is a case to be made that the PNC is composed of some thick skulled morons.
just stop it . . . burbling idiotically about "cells" in the PNC offing a hi-profile member to start violence that would guarantee a return to office of the PPP
the only such PNC "cells" exist in your head
and, wtf! with your last paragraph ?
you are simply an indecent human being
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
I see you read Nigel's FB page too. This is not political yet. We usually try and wait for some more facts when homicides occur.
Especially when accusing an incumbent Government of murdering ordinary non-criminal minorities.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
Courtney Crum-Ewing.The Mosquito has received reports that Anil Nandlall protestor, Courtney Crum-Ewing has been shot and killed in Diamond. We’ll report more as the story unfolds.
Update
Crum-Ewing was reportedly campaigning with a bullhorn when he was shot.
if confirmed, i fear that the (expected) provocations have begun
i understand he is a former GDF officer
the opposition must keep their heads
LEADERSHIP!!!!! David, Moses
the jagdeoite era playbook being dusted off
too much at stake
I am inclined to concur with you. This unsettles me as well. There are too many vested interests in the PPP holding power for them to go quietly without resorting to violence. And inciting anti-Indian violence against some poor worthless Indian peasants isn't above the PPP.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
On the third hand, Occam's Razor says this could just be some normal shooting in a third world country for any number of trivial reasons.
dude Stop your Nonsense!
this is a PNC/GDF bai, not some random fella
how does violence help the PNC in these circumstances after all the effort at building a coalition, with all the optimism this past month . . . or any time pre-election!
cui bono! for crying out loud?
u are beyond reason and beyond the pale bai . . . i have no words
Cui bono is appropriate if/when dealing with uniformly smart, reasonable, rational, and intelligent actors.
My remark is intended to convey the point that some PNCites have indulged in violence that seem almost non-sensical. Not every member of the PNC is some political genius. I can perfectly see how some PNC member or cell could have done something beyond stupid in our estimation.
The PNC has previously engaged in beating/killing and burning the property of the majority ethnic group in Guyana and now like 10 years later is asking for the same group's votes so yes there is a case to be made that the PNC is composed of some thick skulled morons.
just stop it . . . burbling idiotically about "cells" in the PNC offing a hi-profile member to start violence that would guarantee a return to office of the PPP
the only such PNC "cells" exist in your head
and, wtf! with your last paragraph ?
you are simply an indecent human being
You're too stupid for your own good. You always latch onto one sentence and miss the whole essay.
Did you miss the part where I absolutely conclude that the PPP could have done this?
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
I see you read Nigel's FB page too. This is not political yet. We usually try and wait for some more facts when homicides occur.
Especially when accusing an incumbent Government of murdering ordinary non-criminal minorities.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
I hope this is not political,not good for the homeland.
Of course the PNC isn't above instigating violence in the idiotic belief it may help them politically.
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Shaitaan your Indo KKK ways are now making you stupid.
What does the PNC gain by instigating anti Indian violence when it is trying to get some Indian support via the AFC?
It is the PPP which is playing a violent racial game and it is people like YOU who encourage them with your screams of an Indian Holocaust.
The PNC will not retaliate with violence. APNU AFC will retaliate by asking PPP supporters as to what they hope to gain by supporting a party which cold bloodedly murders a man exercising his democratic rights.
I expect the PPP to unleash its black mercenaries against equally innocent Indians as a way to blame AFRO GUYANESE for this.
The Indian Holocaust will most likely occur with the PPP at the helm, and it will be the PPP who will use them as sacrificial lambs in its greedy thirst for POWER!
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
I see you read Nigel's FB page too. This is not political yet. We usually try and wait for some more facts when homicides occur.
Especially when accusing an incumbent Government of murdering ordinary non-criminal minorities.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
why not?
oh wait . . . u will probably need a 'conviction' and a verified recording with OP instructions to be persuaded of Freedom House's loss of virginity in this case
there is a name for creatures like u
i can assure you that no PPP fingerprints will be on this murder
in fact, the triggerman may well end up dead
sound familiar?
Whatever the truth is, this is elections season and the fatal shooting of a known anti-PPP protester is will be blamed on the PPP.
The bullhorn on the ground near his body indicates he was protesting peacefully.
There have been credible reports of the PPP provoking the APNU and the PNC before to take to violent acts. This is the time for APNU+AFC to resist provocation, show restraint and move forward according to plan.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
Don't pay innocent now. This is the result when people like you scream blood curdling rants of "kicking ass", and ranting about some Indian Holocaust. Maybe not a PPP, but some illiterate Indian panicked when people like you who know better, descend into full blown hysterics.
Yes Indians have good reasons not to like the PNC. But you should be offering SOLUTIONS and not become part of the problem.
. This is the time for APNU+AFC to resist provocation, show restraint and move forward according to plan.
As skeptical as I am of APNU AFC campaign tactics I am 100% sure that they will use this incident to indicate that the PPP retains the old ways reminiscent of the 1960s. This was exactly how the PYO behaved in that era and I hope that this is a lesson to those who pretend as if that era was only about PNC violence.
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
I see you read Nigel's FB page too. This is not political yet. We usually try and wait for some more facts when homicides occur.
Especially when accusing an incumbent Government of murdering ordinary non-criminal minorities.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
why not?
oh wait . . . u will probably need a 'conviction' and a verified recording with OP instructions to be persuaded of Freedom House's loss of virginity in this case
there is a name for creatures like u
i can assure you that no PPP fingerprints will be on this murder
in fact, the triggerman may well end up dead
sound familiar?
Dude,
I said that with this very conversation in mind that we're all having tonight. We're all mentally pointing the fingers at the PPP (even I).
This guy was an anti-PPP protestor and now Opposition campaigner. The wire services (Bert is probably busy firing away on his keyboard) will report "Afro-Guyanese Opposition Campaigner Shot Dead As Campaign Begins Amidst Racial Killing"
If the PPP did this, it don't seem very PPP bono
This is not good from some fb post he was shot in the head
may be the first political assassination in this election season.
I see you read Nigel's FB page too. This is not political yet. We usually try and wait for some more facts when homicides occur.
Especially when accusing an incumbent Government of murdering ordinary non-criminal minorities.
I don't see how the PPP would have wanted this to occur.
why not?
oh wait . . . u will probably need a 'conviction' and a verified recording with OP instructions to be persuaded of Freedom House's loss of virginity in this case
there is a name for creatures like u
i can assure you that no PPP fingerprints will be on this murder
in fact, the triggerman may well end up dead
sound familiar?
Dude,
I said that with this very conversation in mind that we're all having tonight. We're all mentally pointing the fingers at the PPP (even I).
This guy was an anti-PPP protestor and now Opposition campaigner. The wire services (Bert is probably busy firing away on his keyboard) will report "Afro-Guyanese Opposition Campaigner Shot Dead As Campaign Begins Amidst Racial Killing"
If the PPP did this, it don't seem very PPP bono
what stupidness u talking?
you well know the bottom line is the scared Indo vote
u seem to be with that program of late
simple cost/benefit calculation
what's so freakin hard about this?
If the PPP did this, it don't seem very PPP bono
I am 58, which means that in 1963 I was 6. So I am old enough to remember that we had to flee the WCD to G/town after several PYO attacks against blacks there.
So don't make yourself look like a bigot by pretending as if Indians and the PPP don't also have a history of racial violence.
This is an attack to INTIMIDATE honest blacks, and to instigate the more elements to engage in retaliation. Lucky thing that those blacks most likely to organize this are now with the PPP.
If the PPP did this, it don't seem very PPP bono
I am 58, which means that in 1963 I was 6. So I am old enough to remember that we had to flee the WCD to G/town after several PYO attacks against blacks there.
So don't make yourself look like a bigot by pretending as if Indians and the PPP don't also have a history of racial violence.
This is an attack to INTIMIDATE honest blacks, and to instigate the more elements to engage in retaliation. Lucky thing that those blacks most likely to organize this are now with the PPP.
My point (if you can focus for moment in your racial frenzy) is that even if the PPP did this (very possible) then it's still not to their benefit if the PNC is smart enough to resist the urge to go violent and enough Indos (myself included) will find this revolting. No Indos I know wants innocent Black people shot. Unless you think so low of your fellow Indo-Guyanese.
More than two hours after opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was gunned down, the Home Affairs Ministry condemned the killing, called for a thorough probe and urged Guyanese to be wary of politically orchestrated violence.
"Though it is early yet to draw any specific conclusion or motive in connection with the perpetration of this dastardly act, the Ministry of Home Affairs wishes to alert the general public to be vigilant in respect of any act of violence provoked or unprovoked, that might be possibly initiated by those who may have a political agenda," said the ministry responsible for internal security.
Crum-Ewing was gunned down shortly after 8 PM on Third Street, Diamond, East Bank Demerara. His family's lawyer, Nigel Hughes, said that at the time his client was shot he was on a loud hailer urging people in his neighbourhood to turn out and vote in the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. The loud hailer was next to Crum-Ewing's body.
At 10:52 PM, the Guyana Police Force issued a statement saying that at about 8PM Tuesday, Kwame Crum-Ewing, 40 years, of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara was walking along the roadway at Third Street, Diamond when a car with four men drove up from which shots were discharged at him, after which the men escaped
The Home Affairs Ministry suggested that there might be a link between his execution and the confirmation of Seelall Persaud as Police Commissioner earlier Tuesday. "The Ministry notes the deep coincidence between the fatal shooting incident and the earlier swearing in of the new Commissioner of Police," said the ministry.
Condemning in the "strongest possible terms" the shooting death of Crum-Ewing by a person or persons unknown, the Ministry said it has ordered the police to launch a "thorough" probe.
"The Minister of Home Affairs has given orders to the Commissioner of Police to take immediate action with a view to getting to the bottom of this execution-type shooting incident, through the most thorough investigation," it said in a statement.
The ministry called on anyone who may have knowledge about the circumstances /motive surrounding the shooting death of Courtney Crum Ewing to give their full support to the police in their investigation.
Attorney-at-Law Hughes told Demerara Waves that he and his client would be demanding that an autopsy be done by an independent pathologist and the local police probe be shadowed by a team of international investigators.
The Ministry extended its sympathy to family and relatives of Courtney Crum Ewing and pledged to support the police in their investigations to bring the perpetrator or perpetrators to justice.
Since the surfacing of a recording between Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Kaieteur News reporter, Gildharie in which the goverment official was purported to have suggested that armed persons could attack that newspaper's office because of content that had been highly critical of the administration, Crum-Ewing had staged an almost daily one-man protest outside the Attorney General's Chambers on Carmichael Street, Georgetown.
I need a joint
Do you remember Nandalall's famous words? "You don’t engage a chatree in f***ing war."
Can someone explain to me what this means. "The Home Affairs Ministry suggested that there might be a link between his execution and the confirmation of Seelall Persaud as Police Commissioner earlier Tuesday."
I won't be surprised if this came straight from that jackass Rohee.
Can someone explain to me what this means. "The Home Affairs Ministry suggested that there might be a link between his execution and the confirmation of Seelall Persaud as Police Commissioner earlier Tuesday."
I won't be surprised if this came straight from that jackass Rohee.
How about this one
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More than two hours after opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was gunned down, the Home Affairs Ministry condemned the killing, called for a thorough probe and urged Guyanese to be wary of politically orchestrated violence. Oh yeah, someone from the opposition is shot and this comes from someone in government.
"Though it is early yet to draw any specific conclusion or motive in connection with the perpetration of this dastardly act, the Ministry of Home Affairs wishes to alert the general public to be vigilant in respect of any act of violence provoked or unprovoked, that might be possibly initiated by those who may have a political agenda," said the ministry responsible for internal security."
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