'If police alone could make VI safe, then US would be the safest place’- Bishop Cline
Mr Cline was at the time speaking in a social media live video on November 10, 2023, via the Facebook platform.
The 'man of the cloth' said crimes in the VI are mostly a precursor of persons looking for a quick dollar where deals often go wrong, which leads to gun crimes and violence in the community.
He added that the VI cannot continue to just police its problems, rather, all must come together, including families, to raise their children right.
“If police alone could bring peace and safety to our country, then [United States of] America would be the safest place in the world because they have more police than anybody else, but yet they have more crimes,” he said.
Grassroots measures will make VI safe - Bishop Cline
“I don’t care how many police we get, if we don’t get back to the grass root things that brought this society from poverty into prosperity, that allowed us to be a peaceful and safe country… is not police help us to do that,” he said.
The Bishop complained that the local crime rate continues to be the highest ever, with the local prison overflowing with young men, and that something must be done.
Meanwhile, he also called on the VI’s caucasian population to play in role in helping to reduce crime in the VI. “Don’t think you can just turn a blind eye and think just black people, young black men killing themselves,” he said.
He reiterated that all in the VI must come together and play a part to save the VI from crime and violence, and that this includes turning to God.
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Meanwhile, he also called on the VI’s caucasian population to play in role in helping to reduce crime in the VI. “Don’t think you can just turn a blind eye and think just black people, young black men killing themselves,” he said.
Sir, the God that you claimed your are serving ears remain open to all who call to Him in faith believing. I urge to call on Him to shield you against all the problem that you are facing. You are unable to fix your own problems without His Devine intervention, neither can others nor can I do.
Talk more to God in faith believing.
Talk less to humans to attract their attention deceiving.
Pray without ceasing.
In regards to the US police forces who continue to brutalize blacks, other minorities and the marginalized, etc. This behavior goes back to policing beginning in the US. The police was commissioned to protect whites and their property, not blacks and their property. The force was rolled out to capture and return runaway slaves. Thus, the abusive mentality. All kinds of policing methodologies have been tried , ie, the broken windows theory, no tolerance for the simplest of infraction, etc. Racial profiling is still a practice and problem.
For example, the US is awashed in guns; there are more guns than people in America; the US population is approximately 330 million. The US lead the industrialized and developed world/countries by several orders of magnitude in the number gun deaths and gun crimes annually. How did America get so awashed in guns and how gun ownership became a right and indentity?
Not surprising, race was a factor. The institution of slavery and slave owners lived in constant fear of slaves revolting against them. This is why there was so much tight andc strict control of slaves. Consequently, as a protective means, every persons save for slaves, blacks, was permitted to own and bear arms. This was codified into the constitution in the 27 word 2nd Amendment, which is sacrosanct and sacrilegious to even think about amending. The US Supreme Court vehemently protect this right to own and bear arms, resulting in the epidemic of gun deaths and crimes..Other developed countries have several order of magnitudes less deaths than America. Others have waxed eloquent about the policing challenges in the BVI so I will defer to them, ie, Bush Professor, Undercover Observer, among others..
And just a note for those of you who think that in the US it's about "racism" that drives policing and police practices, Black people, are only around 13% of the U.S. population but commit around 51% of all homicides (this is a stat that NOBODY disputes, but many try to talk around by saying it's about "root causes").
The actual "root cause" in both societies (and others plauged by youth crime) is the lack of a proper upbringing, and that youth do not fear that they will be punished; numerous studies confirm that it's not the severity, but the certainty of, punishment, that deters young offenders.
This all changed with the unending import of the cursed deviled imports of neighboring locations.Every country they invade suffer acts of their frequent and compulsive cannibalism.
Main reason for theUK and its Rushmore initiative.
Bvi needs such an initiative as a start to advance .We sinking and will continue deeper because of the curses spilled on pur soil in every corner of these once beautiful and civilized islands of the BVI.