It's been a disastrous week for law and order, and when Commissioner of Police Chester Williams returned to the country this evening, he went directly into a meeting with his senior crime investigators. His priority? The Allyson Major Jr police killing - and the night of killing that rocked Belize City on Wednesday.
Speaking about those three hours, which saw three men, aged 19 - 53 killed in the city - an exasperated COMPOL said there is only so much the police can do:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"When you look at the 2 murders and 1 manslaughter, because as you said the matter with the 2 young men in front of the cemetery, that was ruled manslaughter by the DPP office and again it emanates from a fight between 2 persons; one who defended himself because he was being forced to be a part of gang and he has no intent to be a part of that gang and the one with the clothing vendor, again, it's an isolated incident and the one with the taximan, another isolated incident. I am sure that the public would appreciate the fact that they have seen a lot of police activities and the police have had great success in removing firearms and drugs and even arresting and charging criminals. The gang task force has been extremely busy charging gang members for gang membership, but there is only so much that we can do."
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