Grand Fond man hurls death threats and derogatory comments at officer
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 2:59 PM
James Pascal of Grand Fond has been sentenced for threats, disorderly conduct, insultive language, and indecent language against a police officer.
Pascal, who appeared before Magistrate Ossie Lewis this week, pleaded guilty to threatening Inspector L . Samuel by stating, “I will kill you and I must catch your @##&ing jeep on fire,” on July 24 at shop of Rosema George.
He also pleaded guilty to saying “you are a @##^& dog” to the officer, as well as all the other charges.
According to the facts of the case presented by the police prosecutor, on July 2, 2010 at about 10:30 a.m. the inspector was on duty in Grand Fond dressed in plain clothes in the shop when the defendant walked in and began quarreling, making unnecessary noise, and using indecent language.
Officer Samuel approached and warned him to stop his obscene behaviour, and he responded “your mother $^*&.”
When informed that he was going to be charged, Pascal threatened the officer and insulted him.
In mitigation, the defendant told the court, “I had a little to drink. I dint have no problem with him …I had a problem with a feller outside…”
Magistrate Lewis then asked,” You really wanted to burn his jeep?”
Pascal replied, “No. I just say that with my mouth … I was under a little rum….”
He was fined $400 for disorderly conduct to be paid by September 30 or he will spend three months in prison.
Pascal was also bound to keep the peace for the threats conviction. The conditions of the sentence are that he is not commit an offense for an entire year or he will be fined $1,000 or spend six months in prison.
He was reprimanded on the insultive language conviction.
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15 Comments
@LLL:
Oh my fellow Dominicans! I had to laugh at this man. Reason being is that every country has such problems which is why I laughed. I read and hear about this type of attitude in Canada.
Do you not have a sense? It is not freedom of speech. The man used derogatory, inflammatory and threatening words to the police – in his presence.
The spoken word. You curse and threaten someone and this is obviously taken seriously. No matter what, the Police is always in authority. If the man had a problem against the police, he reserves the right to complain to the proper authorities about it.
In fact, if he was under the influence of liquor and he saw the Police, should he not have the sense to speak courteously or say nothing at all? Or was the Police not in uniform that he did not recognize that he was a Police?
He may not have the money. The magistrate should just sentence him to prison where hopefully he could be rehabilitated and learn a lesson.
boy lemme tell u nah i doe encourage dat u curse him but dem police doe hv no respect themself dey always cursin u even wen u in custody n not makin any resist dey all up on ur mother dis n dat…so take allu curse too stupes…..a next thing dey doe like to indentify dem self wen dey in plain clothes dey jus cum n handle plp but go on allu will get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol…….very funny
If it was me he threaten how far would that go? Anyway I agree on the threat charge, but why di man cannot curse? Someone correct me if I am wrong but to me that falls under our freedom of speech right.
@LLL: Giving death threat is not freedom of speech. Noone should have to put up with death threats under the pretext of freedom of speech.
@ LLL you are a fool there is supposed to be respect for everyone especially those in authourity. Some of these people have no respect for d police but again some police have no respect for themselves But that is beside the point d man should respect the police and theratening him is way beyound and he deserve what he got
@elizabeth xavier: I TOTALLY AGREE. AND I AM HAPPY THAT THERE ARE PERSONS BESIDES MYSELF WHO ARE OBSERVING THE TREND. AND WHEN YOU MAKE THESE POSITIVE COMMENTS DO NOT EXPECT TO BE POPULAR BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST THE WRONG WHICH IS WIDELY CONDONED…I PITY MY OWN PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY SAD.
Oops you cannot roll your mouth in a kabaway..cops still taking advantage of the simple man.so sad.
LOL
Is there no freedom of speech in this country, I understand on the threats made but do you’ll think that there should be laws that tells you what words to not say.
wasn’t he dealt with??
if it works leave it working….
the “other ” matter has not been dealt with..and it was allegedly handled poorly by the parl rep!!
Algernon Charter, make sure you keep the gallows up to date for those thugs and hoodlums.
If he can threaten a police inspector and be given a slap on the risk what next u think he will not beat a civillian or if not him, another person will fancy their chances?
I wonder why there is no reaction from my fellow Dominicans pertaining to this news article. It is because it is a local citizen against the authority or the law of our country. Does that mean that we care nothing about our own bad conducts, but as soon as it is an UN-local against a local, we rise up in a senseless and unfair commotion?
The government in authority speaks to tell us about their ideas for our country and we condemn their speech, regardless of the strength of those speeches and ideas. Almost forty people rose up about the issue between a fellow Dominican and a Chinese man, heating badly on their man of Parliament, who asked the fellow Dominican to apologize for his attitude and conducts. But today we read about a fellow citizen threatening a policeman, who tried to calm down his frustration and anger against another citizen, with death and the destruction of his vehicle, and Dominica is silent about that man’s conducts and attitude, which was towards his own fellow citizen.
Yes, the man was judged for his conducts and attitude against the law, but we all still need to speak out to let our fellow Dominicans realize that bad conducts and attitude is intolerable regardless of who those conducts and attitudes are demonstrated against. We should not conceal our own fallibility as we rise up over any small offense that comes up against us.
He lie, he said that under what rum? He wanted to give the man his shy mwe puis long time. The magistrate should give him a beating to with a rum bottle. He should know now he must stop drink rum. sack way what i doe know.
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