Just weeks after the fatal shooting of Job “Mr. Versatile” Munnings in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, local activists have stepped up their fight for justice.
Pressure groups Families For Justice and the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association have joined with the Munnings family to demand answers.
Local activist Troy Garvey said, “It has appeared, that, our country has become a place of violence over peacefulness. It has also appeared, that, some of the officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force has become the ultimate rulers of this here land, when they can shoot an individual and think that it’s business as usual. They believe that they are judge, jury and prosecutor.”
“It has been revealed to us, by witnesses, that Mr. Munnings, had in no way and at anytime, become a threat to the officers’ lives,” Garvey said.
“One of the things that we look at from our organization is that we understand that the officers that were involved are still on active duty and we demand that they be put on administrative leave … when something like this occurs in our country, we cannot operate business as usual.”
Joseph Darville, Vice President of the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association, said he is concerned at the ‘lax nature of the police.’
He also assured the public the matter will be taken to the International Human Rights Network, Amnesty International, Caribbean Human Rights Network, Lawyers Group in New York and the Organization of American States and its Human Rights Division.
Article Source: Ashley Penn
The Freeport News
