A High Court judge has warned his fellow Barbadians to stop “mowing down each other” with guns and think twice before looking to pull the trigger.
Highlighting the conditions under which slaves were brought to the Caribbean from Africa, Justice Carlisle Greaves said every man should seek to lift up each other and drop the guns.
“Every time you see a man like you and you think you should shoot, think again. Show love instead, because he is the same like you. As the great calypsonian said, ‘we came by the same ship, suffered under the same whip’. We must stop rolling our ancestors in the grave,” he declared.
He made the impassioned plea as he closed the St Lucy shooting trial last week, after a nine-member jury had taken just over three hours to return guilty verdicts. (RA)
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