Bahamas Issues Travel Advisory to US After Incidents of Police Violence

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues Travel Advisory for Bahamians traveling to United States of America
For Immediate Release
8 July 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.

At the commencement of the Independence holiday weekend, many Bahamians will no doubt use the opportunity to travel, in particular to destinations in the United States.

We wish to advise all Bahamians traveling to the US but especially to the affected cities to exercise appropriate caution generally. In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational and cooperate.

If there is any issue please allow consular offices for The Bahamas to deal with the issues. Do not get involved in political or other demonstrations under any circumstances and avoid crowds.

The Bahamas has consular offices in New York, Washington, Miami and Atlanta and honorary consuls in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago and Houston.

http://mofa.gov.bs/ministry-of-fore...amians-traveling-to-united-states-of-america/

 

....and they're so right.

 

Sad that they felt a need for it.
In turn, the U.S would be wise to issue one to American Black males travelling to the Bahamas, as well.

 

What are they going to issue a how it feels not to be profiled in a country?

 

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I haven't heard anything coming out of the Bahamas that would suggest that it could be dangerous for BM travelling there. For the US to issue such an alert and/or dispute the alert put out by the Bahamas is the usual arrogance of the US in thinking they're always right.

 

Humanitarian Arrested in the Bahamas for exposing Government and Police Brutality.

Bahamian Activist and ally Mr. Rodney Moncur was taken into police custody, accused of exposing an autopsy photo of one, Mr. Jamie Smith on Facebook who died suspiciously while in Bahamian Police custody.
Reports and evidence of police brutality and corruption have gone on for far too long in the Bahamas.
Police have killed, raped, robbed, tortured and arrested anyone they choose to and there is never any JUSTICE! It has to stop NOW!

Oh HILARIOUS, mate! :smt012



"Above is the picture of Mr. Smith.*
The photo on the left includes The Bahamas’ Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, Minister of* National Security, The Hon. Bernard Nottage and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires* John Dinkelman. (Photo State Dept.)"

 

Great...now for more Nations to pile on.

Hopefully this takes off.

The World is watching this shit.

 

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Good one.

 

Two other countries have also issued travel advisories now.

 

Yes, 2 middle Eastern countries telling them to steer clear of violent protests and crowds. One Irish tourist said she is afraid to be near large groups.

 

Watch it grow.

Hopefully some European countries pile on in protest.

 

Here are some...

1. 243 Complaints Against Police Last Year | The Bahama Journal ...
jonesbahamas.com › 243-complaints-aga
http://jonesbahamas.com/243-complaints-against-police-last-year/
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2. The U.S. Embassy has received an increase of reports of assaults, including sexual assaults, at residences, hotel rooms, casinos, outside hotels, and on cruise ships. In some sexual assault incidents, the victim had reportedly been drugged. As a result, the Embassy has issued five security messages for 2014 (Spike in Crime, Recent Armed Robberies, Credit Card/ATM Fraud, Jet ski sexual assaults, and Crime during Holiday Season). Police warned women to be extra vigilant after a recent spike in the number of reported sexual assaults in Nassau. In October, a U.S. citizen resident was kidnapped and raped. The water sports rental industry is loosely regulated; in 2014, there were four reported sexual assaults of U.S. citizens, including minors, by jet-ski operators: three incidents on Paradise Island and one on Cable Beach.
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3. ... during the past several months New Providence has witnessed a significant increase of violent armed crimes in locations heavily patronized by U.S. citizens. In many instances, these incidents have resulted in fatalities.
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4. Bahamas Human Rights | Amnesty International USA
www.amnestyusa.org › ... › Americas
Bahamas Human Rights. Areas of concern: Police brutality, asylum-seekers and migrants rights, death penalty.

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5. Brutalized Teen's Mother Outraged
http://jonesbahamas.com/teen-claims-police-brutality/

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6.Police Brutality Concerns

Excerpt...

'"By RUPERT MISSICK Jr

If you follow court cases, particularly at the arraignment stage, accusations of police brutality are so commonplace they are received by the court with the unimpressed deference of a nurse on a busy maternity ward recording the weight of newborn infants...

...Police brutality in the Bahamas rests in that unsettling gray area where its tolerated as long as it “gets the bad guy off the street” but decried only when it hits close to home and a son, brother, or father becomes a victim.

This brutality, according to attorney Christina Galanos, creates an “extreme” break down in trust. She says that the system actually fuels that breakdown....

....It is hard to deny that the system leaves victims of police abuse, more often than not, dissatisfied that justice has been done.

...What you have now is a public that really does not have any confidence in the police and their opinion, quite frankly, is that police officers are crooked and there is nobody to reign them back in if they do something.

“There is really no one there to forcefully prosecute them as would the normal citizen, who is not a police officer, would be prosecuted in those same circumstances. I think until we get that together, a lot of people will continue to not have respect for police officers.

“When you have a society that does not respect the police you can’t begin to combat crime. If the public would see those bad apples brought to justice swiftly and in a similar manner that other persons are brought to justice, I think slowly but surely this would be a step in the right direction, to build the public confidence in the RBPF,” Ms Galanos said.

 

While both are bad, The United states out ranks the bahamas on so many levels. Black people are far less likely to be profiled in the Bahamas than in the USA.

 

Very true, especially considering most Bahamians are Black.My late granddad was from Freeport.

 

Very true. While there may be corruption and abuse of power in the Bahamas, it isn't used against its victims because they are black.

 

Loving the EXCUSES for POLICE BRUTALITY. I knew it though. Smh.

 

I don't think there is any excuse for police brutality, but there is an added frustration for black people when violence and oppression are visited upon us by virtue of our skin color, rather than a generalized grievance that everyone suffers equally and that we can work with others to oppose.

 

What excuses are you talking about?