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reason to worry that gang senseless
wars will help tarnish the image of the
country as one where violent killings
are common place. In 2008, 550 people
were killed. Last year was the second
deadliest in history.
As an indication of how pressured and
stressed police are trying to cope with
the daily killings, a stunning 430 of last
year’s 516 murders remain unsolved
according to the police’s crime and
problem analysis branch.
As Rowley commissioned a new
police station in the tourist paradise
of Tobago, he also expressed concern
about attacks on tourists even as government
spends millions in advertising
campaigns abroad to attract visitors to
Trinidad’s idyllic sister isle.
His comments came in the wake
of recent attacks on a Canadian and a
British couple while they were relaxing
on beaches and against a background
of murders of tourists in recent years.
“I’m disappointed when we put so
much effort into trying to make the
place attractive to visitors and then
some idiot goes and do something like
that and undo everything we have it.
It now gives the place a name we don’t
want,” he moaned.
As his officers try to deal with an
escalating gangland turf war, Police
Chief, Gary Griffith met with organizers
of next month’s annual carnival
celebrations to both assure them that
they are on top of the situation and
to refine security measures in place
for the big event. He asked for prior
warnings of places where large numbers
of tourists will assemble or visit
so police could be proactive and offer
protection.
The meeting with the business
community was sparked in part by the
attacks on the visitors in Tobago and
hopes that the country would not be
bad mouthed by any untoward criminal
act in this year’s edition. The British
couple was held up at gunpoint,
while the Canadian male was badly
beaten with a golf club.
Turf war
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legalization and the expunging of
records, and this measure is in line
with those goals,” he added. “This
legislation, like the Fair Chance Act
before it, is good for both employers
and prospective employees. It
expands the pool of applicants by
preventing people from being shut
out.”
The introduction of the measure
comes as more elected officials, and
recently Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor
Andrew Cuomo, have endorsed
the legalization of marijuana, which
is currently being considered in the
New York State Legislature.
Williams said a large package of
bills and resolutions were introduced
on Wednesday in the City Council,
related to marijuana and drug policy,
driven by the Council’s Progressive
Caucus.
In November 2018, Williams introduced
a resolution calling on the
state to expunge these records.
Last April, he also he introduced
legislation to prevent New York City’s
Department of Sanitation and the
Taxi and Limousine Commission
from using cannabis offenses as the
sole reason for denial of license or
dismissal from employment.
“Plain and simple, pre-employment
drug testing, and sporadic drug
testing in the work environment is a
violation of personal privacy,” Cumbo
said. “It’s not an employer’s business
what you do in your spare time, if it
doesn’t affect your work product or
the safety and well-being of your clients,
colleagues and stakeholders.
“While New York State engages in
a transformative cannabis legalization
expansion, we want to underscore
the importance of protecting
all people from unfair hiring and
firing practices due to cannabis use,”
she added.
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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,
Keith Rowley.
Government of Trinidad and Tobago
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Associate Press / Seth Wenig, File