Francisco Morris' lawyer, Antoinette Haughton-Cardenas, is convinced that her client was only arrested and charged because the police officers assumed he was gay.
The court heard that on the day in question, Morris was sitting in his parked car along Arcade Road in the Cross Roads area. The officers, reportedly, told him to move, but Haughton-Cardenas accused the officers of verbally assaulting her client by uttering several homophobic slurs.
She told the court that she was not aware of what her client was charged with, but the court later learnt that he had been charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and using indecent language.
She condemned the officers involved in the matter and told the court, "They took him into custody because they wanted to find out if he was a kingfish or a sprat. He was harassed. It is not right to harass someone and use your power to do so. He was sitting in his car. He wasn't harassing anyone. He is being persecuted."
Resident Magistrate Glen Brown, however, attempted to justify the officers' behaviour and told Haughton-Cardenas that it was the their duty to investigate activity that they viewed as suspicious. He said the officers did nothing wrong.
The matter is to be mentioned in the petty sessions court on January 16.
FiveStar said
14:59 12/08 2007
well, if i see a guy in a car acting "suspiciously fishy"....me would beat him and then say he was resisting arrest!!!
chris_scarface said
15:00 12/08 2007
A f**key that dem fi leave the man alone him neva do nothin wrong
FiveStar said
15:00 12/08 2007
Bullet pon a Fish!!!!...cant tek no check
shardo said
15:21 12/08 2007
although a idiot ting dat but bun ah fish round here
pengo said
15:26 12/08 2007
If di man dem nuh waa end up like deh car man deh dem stop move like battyman ina di place! Kabum!
Glitch said
18:31 12/08 2007
Unnu can gwaan talk till police tell lie pan 1 a u.......an seh u was resisting arrest just because them can.
djstevenking said
00:08 12/09 2007
Unnu can gwaan talk till police tell lie pan 1 a u.......an seh u was resisting arrest just because them can.
lol
swif said
00:37 12/09 2007
preach glitch lol bun crooked police bun battyman to!
Casino said
03:14 12/09 2007
rite now, dem if dem wrongfully accuse d man a ff**kery dat still, but fishyness illegal in ja still, so dem still bruk a law,lol Bullilit, note mi never say bullet, i said Bullilit, big up Deva Brat.
w333 said
18:17 12/09 2007
True suspicious behavior him mussi did a exhibit. They should evict him off the island. since him a fish mek him stay off land
Francisco Morris' lawyer, Antoinette Haughton-Cardenas, is convinced that her client was only arrested and charged because the police officers assumed he was gay.
The court heard that on the day in question, Morris was sitting in his parked car along Arcade Road in the Cross Roads area. The officers, reportedly, told him to move, but Haughton-Cardenas accused the officers of verbally assaulting her client by uttering several homophobic slurs.
She told the court that she was not aware of what her client was charged with, but the court later learnt that he had been charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and using indecent language.
She condemned the officers involved in the matter and told the court, "They took him into custody because they wanted to find out if he was a kingfish or a sprat. He was harassed. It is not right to harass someone and use your power to do so. He was sitting in his car. He wasn't harassing anyone. He is being persecuted."
Resident Magistrate Glen Brown, however, attempted to justify the officers' behaviour and told Haughton-Cardenas that it was the their duty to investigate activity that they viewed as suspicious. He said the officers did nothing wrong.
The matter is to be mentioned in the petty sessions court on January 16.