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Did Deadly Violence Result from "Failed Mediation" by Compol?
posted (April 2, 2025)
And that brings us right back to the mediation that the commissioner led between the rival groups at the end of February. Gang elements who were in that median say it only made things worse and Ronlee Petillo is one of them. We asked the commissioner about it:...

Jules Vasquez
"There is the, again, the failed mediation that you hosted where you heard a direct threat made to Ronlee and Ms Grant as well, from the same person he has implicated. You know, where do you start to pick up the pieces?"

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"You come back with this nonsense again?"

Jules Vasquez
"The mediation failed, sir. There's been so much bad that has happened since then."

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Jules. Stop, stop, stop bring nonsense to me, Please. Any other question?"

Jules Vasquez
"Sir? Did you not hear a direct threat to Ronlee Petillo in the mediation?"

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Jules we have spoke about this at a previous interview. But you, you, you have a mindset that your. What is so unique, you know, you have a unique world, all kinds of things happen in that world."

"Yo yo yo yo yo yo, I don't know."

Jules Vasquez
"Sir, direct threats were made and things happened that fulfilled those threats out of the mediation. That's a failed mediation."

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"That is your version. And I have explained to you what was our version."

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