“Jah Rastafari” – Rastafarian says after being caught with weed

(DNO) A 52-year-old Rastafarian who resides in Bath Road ended up in difficulty with the law when he was caught smoking a marijuana cigarette near the Bath Road Bridge in Roseau at 6 a.m. yesterday.

Davidson Dailey, upon seeing a police officer approach him, threw the cannabis cigarette over the bridge. Dailey pleaded guilty to obstruction under the drugs act before Chief Magistrate Evelina Baptiste  yesterday.

According to the facts of the case presented by the prosecutor, Constable J. Cornelius was on mobile patrol in that area when he spotted the defendant walking with the lighted “spliff” in the vicinity.

When he was approached by the officer, Dailey said: “Officer I just stretching my leg over the bridge…”

“I just wake up… A little weed I have there to free up my head in the morning,” Dailey added.

He was then informed of his offense and cautioned to which he replied, “Jah Rastafari..”

He was then arrested, to which he stated, “Ya man, Jah, Jah will guide me.”

Dailey has no previous offenses, according to the court.

Peter Alleyne, the defendant’s lawyer, said in mitigation that his client had not wasted the court’s time.

Alleyne pointed out that when searched, his client had no additional illegal substance on his person. He also told the court of his client’s clean criminal record until his present offense.

“We’re crying that the young men need positive role model. At 52, if he so clear about showing an example to the young men, especially on African Liberation Week,” the magistrate stated before sentencing the defendant.

Dailey was fined $800 to be paid by October 30 or he will spend five months in prison.

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99 Comments

  1. Ron
    April 5, 2013

    Good thing I read this article I was going to visit Dominica but after reading this no thanks I don’t like places that have laws like this I don’t see the justification of $800 or five months in prison for a joint….excited about visiting this place too bad for me :(

  2. American
    June 11, 2010

    Them police fo come out a Dominica so we can Ras them like them ras people. And think they can get away with it.. Let them feel what its like .

  3. Anonymous
    June 7, 2010

    I love how the government tries to take our weed away…. what does weed do? gets my thoughts going.. takes away pains and helps me sleep.. what is wrong with that? But then the government wants to push cigarettes and alcohol in attempt to control society. Man people need to wake up.. rastafari!

  4. GOD SEND
    May 29, 2010

    800 dollors with no evidence’ for just one sliff so who the big thief and robbers. TAKING PEOPLE FOR FOOL AND IDIOT. The best thing is elephant dont forget in there old age. I DONT WANT THESE PEOPLE NOWHERE NEAR ME. THEY MAKE BLACK PEOPLE SHAME. THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM IS IN A TOLIET HOLE .

  5. boo-tah
    May 26, 2010

    oh come on. You wasting the court time for one spliff man. fining the padna $800 bucks come on. DA too primitive.

  6. jen
    May 26, 2010

    A man’s home is his castle he should be able to do and say what ever he wants just as long as there are no kids in the versinity

    • shocker
      May 26, 2010

      which home..on the bridge they say he was..stupps…allu too like to condone nonsense

  7. G
    May 25, 2010

    Police in Dominica suffering with self esteem issues, they need to show they have power in order to prove their manhood (ballzy), no evidence, and regardless one spliff, come on now!

  8. What about the drunkards
    May 25, 2010

    they need to start arresting drunkards too and charge them. they cause more trouble than the people smoking one spliff.

    • Z
      June 5, 2010

      What about those beggars that are ready to attack you if you don’t give them a dollar…I think that would make better police work for Dominica police…as much as they have nothing to do walking around Roseau.

  9. May 25, 2010

    legalize it dammit!!

  10. Dubiqois
    May 25, 2010

    Just in case someone wants to read sections of Dominica’s drug law, here it is.

    http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/chapters/chap40-07.pdf

  11. contributor
    May 25, 2010

    FENNMORE i agree with you, but some of them bills will not be paid if they put them away.

  12. Cookie
    May 25, 2010

    That’s some real Bull …….that judge need to smoke a joint and relax his damn self…$800.00…de man didnt hurt no body..

    I think they can let a joint pass for nothing..is not like he had a bag full of weed with intent to sell…in UK man walking round with their spliff no trouble as long as they not carrying a whole heap of weed on them….Trust D.A boy.. those guys that kill de Leather Back turtle illegally there got less than that!!

    What you saying for that JUDGE?

  13. stupes
    May 25, 2010

    de officer should have taken a longer walk down River Street and River Bank to see cocane being sold on the streets like sweetie and lollipop! Young women having sex for one dollar to get high! But the law continues to close its eyes to this because its the guys “up there” who benefit.

    Yet they will travel through bush and forest to burn weed in the mountains and charge a man $800 for a spliff! Which is the greater injustice???!!! Some things never cease to amaze me!

  14. Facts of Life
    May 25, 2010

    Charged with no evidence?

    800.00 for one spliff?My God.i’m sure he paid less than 5.00 for what he was smocking.

    A thief faces lesser punishment? i remember this man who was charged about 500.00 for stealing someone’s products.

    THE REACH WILL GET RICHER and THE POOR WILL GET POORER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    the suppliers of the drugs the police need to go after.The ones who have the drugs in large quantities making how many thousands of dollars,and not the poor smoker of ONE spliff!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • j
      May 26, 2010

      the man wasn’t caught with no spliff he shouldn’t have been charged in the first place. no evidence no case.

  15. Grand Bayrian
    May 24, 2010

    Yes I! Jah will never foresake I. One Spliff $800.00? Now I do not condone the use of illegal drugs, however I think the cop should have use good judgement. why drag a man in the court system for smoking one spliff?……. Go after the real drug dealers…. DE POLICE!!!

  16. May 24, 2010

    Sort zor sort. If some one commits murder and the body is not found but base on circumstantial evidence the defendent is found guilty. Yes some JA$@ is going to argue that the cases are different. Go right ahead. Does that means that the accused is not guilty? For dum and dumer i am awaiting a response from you. Thank God for D.N.O. for we are seeing why we are so backwards and clueless. Small wonder we are the laughing stock of the World. BY the comments some of them we can argue that the criminal elements and would be criminals are having a fields day running their their trap. That is Domocracy, too much of agood thing some will say, and i agree. BATHESTATE MASSIVE HOLD ON.

  17. me
    May 24, 2010

    for one joint? $800.00? who de hell is that judge? man that is a waste of time!!! for one joint? his fist charge?

    what about a joint for personal use? papa bodier?

  18. Dubiqois
    May 24, 2010

    What is a Dumbnican?

    Since I have seen this word posted by some readers, I need someone’s help.

    Can someone give me an answer to this question: What is a Dumb-nican or Dumbnican? Is it a negative connotation? Is it meant to degrade? Has it become a stereotypical word? Is it a derivative of Dominican, but is meant to insult a fellow Dominican with whom you disagree or does not share your point-of-view? As a Dominican, don’t you think the word is self-inflicting? If it is a derivative of Dominican, and you are a Dominican, then would that not make you a Dumbnican as well, because its roots rest in the very soil from which you came?

    Be free to say and write what you wish, because you have freedom of expression; but keep in mind that you may be killing the roots by trying to prune the branches, and being clever with your pruning. It is like the African-American calling each other the “N” word and thinking that it is totally fine, because it has become acceptable. What happens when someone from St. Lucia calls you a Dumbnican? Will he be attacking your roots, or pruning your branches?

    Please enlighten me.

    • BLAQUE
      May 25, 2010

      I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE COMMENT OR WORD OF CAUTION FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO COMMENTED ON “DUMBNICA.I AM A VERY PROUD AND PATRIOTIC DOMINICAN LIVING OVERSEAS.I BOAST ABOUT MY COUNTRY AND THE LEVEL OF INTELLEGENCE,BUT AFTER READING SOME OF THESE COMMENTS I MUST SAY I AM VERY DISAPPONTED.WE AS DOMINICANS HAVE TO BE WISE NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTER THAT YOU JUST WRITE ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND IT DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR THE COUNTRY AND IT MAKES TRUE PATIOTS LIKE ME FEEL ASHAME ,BE CAREFUL ; DON’T WASH YOUR DIRTY LINEN IN THE PUBLIC AND STOP THOSE NEGATIVE CRITICISMS , THEY ARE VERY DETRIMENTAL AND REMEMBER “THE SPOKEN WORDS ” IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COME NOT BACK.WE SHOULD USE AVENUES LIKE THESE TO PROMOTE OUR COUNTRY AND EDUCATE EACH OTHER.WE ARE A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY BUT OUR VERY FREEDOM OF SPEECH COULD BE A SERIOUS DETRIMENT TO OUR COUNTRY,COME ON DOMINICANS ” LETS BUILD OUR COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS , NOT BREAK IT DOWN.”

  19. DOMINICAN
    May 24, 2010

    So some people are still carrying the baton for Babylon . To keep we black people down after all what we go through. Shame man. That boy have manners for everybody, would never hurt a fly. If we made the laws to protect ourselves the world would be a better place. The sooner the better . Tell that cop for go put a noose round him neck, or go drown himself. PEACE

  20. GOD SEND
    May 24, 2010

    Because man get wise to Alcohol, cigerettes, coke, and all those harmful substance’s to make man rich. Them vex. And some medication’s have much more harmful side effects’. You all stupid! The weed make we brains’ cool under stress. Like no medication can do. Or because we black and stupid. Go to Denmark and Holland and tell them to stop sell weed in them shops in the city’s.Because them a diffrent color them smarter than we nah. I dont think so. We go some stupid people in DA who need to be put upside down in a bin. I didn’t say so GOD SAY SO EVERYTHING HIM CREATE IS GOOD ITS HOW YOU use it.

  21. db
    May 24, 2010

    another shining example of dumb-nicans, these police are idiots.
    no evidence = freedom
    rasta just accounting for his actions, i respect that.
    we need to stand up for ourselves as the biggest gang and drug dealers are the police.
    they sell the best weed lol

  22. well
    May 23, 2010

    That;s the thing I cannot take on with Dominicans you know. Something is illegal and you all still want special treatment. Whether it was a little spliff as you call it or he was selling, the fact of the matter is that it is against the law and he has to be punished. And 800 dollars is nothing to pay he has enough time. When people see that police are not joking they will take things more seriously.
    it’s time that Dominica come out of the dark ages. If you think you can give better judgment go to law school and become a judge then come.

    • May 27, 2010

      $800 for a spliff that the policeman wasn’t even sharp enough to take from the man? That’s a ridiculous injustice. It’s long past time to legalise that. Dominica doesn’t have spare resources to spend on that sort of foolishness.

  23. FENNMORE
    May 23, 2010

    well well . what a country. $800 for one spliff .why dont these officers find the real drug pushers. they know who they are and where to find them. but again most of them are part of the the drug games. JAH !!!!!!

  24. d/ca to the bone
    May 23, 2010

    legalize it

  25. only
    May 23, 2010

    The govt. at work trying to get money.

  26. Dee
    May 22, 2010

    I awange about that. 800 for a spliff..m what happening to mamselle dem. The constable self didn’t hv work to do. So much shit going on DA, u harrassing a man for a spliff, even arresting and taking to court! Eh ben Eh ben! And no I not a rasta and I do not smoke!

  27. ghost
    May 22, 2010

    what a waste of time taking someone to court with out the evidence which is the spliff. u cops are just some fools. chase down the bigger heads that smugling the illegal substances into the country and leave rastar alone.

  28. Righteous!
    May 22, 2010

    The point is not $800.00 for one spliff….It’s that he broke the law….He could have stayed in his house and smoke his weed…Until the law is changed, it should be enforced…

    Case closed!

  29. ms spontaneous
    May 22, 2010

    Them policemen more sweaf and brokes like dog. So they have to try to … a man up so he can ease his brains

  30. abdul
    May 22, 2010

    babylon hustling rastaman for joint man what foolishness on african liberation week. still want to keep man under bondage and mental slavery. take it easy brethren them babylon day will come rasta must overcome soon to come them man will humble and be put to shame and disrepute when weed will be legalised. wake babylon get some real work to do man take a walk lazy bastards mobile patrol alone taking place now dominicans read the news and check it out.

  31. Dominican in T.O.
    May 22, 2010

    He should not have pleaded guilty to the charge…There was no evidence in court…Leave the weed alone…

  32. Prophet2
    May 22, 2010

    I invite Dominica to the 21st century, it’s a free party and many Nations have already arrived…..800 bucks for a disappearing joint…tsk tsk tsk. ….SMH

  33. Irie
    May 22, 2010

    Weh boy, Ras, you shoulda never throw your spliff, 6am in de morning the police on mobile patrol? He dunno where to go? I never hear any of them pick up a crack dealer and see how many addicts walking de streets of roseau, some of them taking their crack live and direct. That is unjust, it seems to me them police applying de law partially. Ras next time you see babylon approaching tell him you have a prescription and you smoking it for your asthma.

    Since de 1970s police on a vendetta against rastafari, is time to recognise that rasta is a religion and de herb is part of the religious rites. Is time for society to give rasta a little free up. Rastafari have some of de most peaceful and hardworking people in dominica. Alcohol and crack-cocaine is what causing havoc on our society not weed. Police son shoot a person in their head and police behaving like is pinch he pinch de person, and poor rasta getting charge and drag to court for a spliff………….law and order you call that. Justice.

  34. Tony_42
    May 21, 2010

    What a travesty of justice! This Dominica is one messed up place. Let me guess this man was poor and a minority. Right? Typical pattern of societal control. Criminalize the poor life style and you own them. The US has been throwing blacks and Hispanics in jail for decades just for cannabis use. They have a huge private, for profit, prison industry and have created a large pool of “slave labor”. Disgustingly cruel.

  35. watever
    May 21, 2010

    Police,Ministers,doctors,lawyers etc smoke de herbs. Hypocritesssssssss

  36. EXCUSE ME WHILE I LIGHT MY SLIFF
    May 21, 2010

    Madame- Sir that’s too stiff for a Lamsbread spliff,

    • child
      May 26, 2010

      lol .i like that

  37. EXCUSE WHILE I LIIGHT SLIFF MY SLIFF
    May 21, 2010

    Madame – Sir that ‘s to stiff for a spliff .

    • LOL!
      May 26, 2010

      LOLOLOL!!!! Sounds like a poem, “too stiff for a spliff”.

  38. COMMUNIST
    May 21, 2010

    boy these magi straits not easy. while i dont condone someking lets be real 800 for a splif thats rideculous. man stealing /killing /raping and going free/butchering a 600lb turtle and paying 400.but for a splif a man has to pay 800.the cop did not have evidence against the man .because its a raster he say is ganga but he had nothing to show in court. its time to put some of those magi straits behind bars for being fools

  39. la savanne
    May 21, 2010

    Bad and extra poor representation by peter alleyne. is this guy for real? did he went to law school? what a disgrace. de rastaman could have defended himself. evelina baptite is wicked,there was no evidence,and de man did not obstruct the police officer. This is abuse of power. justice not serve. we need a shake-up of our political and justice system.

  40. May 21, 2010

    The lady magistratre is hitting hard now, the fine is a bit high. But Marijuana is an ILLEGAL drug.

    The smokers must obey the laws of the land and all will be well with you.

  41. jay pan dem case
    May 21, 2010

    again more bull… a man smoking a spliff come on officers you guys don’t have any real police work to do an to make maters worst you din’t find any weed in the man poket man so many bad things happeningin this country an is not rasta doing it is dem police and there crew doing it eg drug traficking,mulasting of school children etc so pinerlizing a man a spliff is just bullshit pure barbilonan injustice

  42. Karkabeff
    May 21, 2010

    The man was not convicted for posession. He was convicted for obstruction. The police cannot enforce any law that is not on the books. You guys come on here and daycarlay the police for enforcing the laws on the books. They did not write the laws. If you feel so strongly about us being like San Francisco then tell the politicians to change the law.

  43. lb
    May 21, 2010

    it was just a spliff!!!why the heavy fine!!go after the cocaine big boys!!

  44. MY
    May 21, 2010

    What about the role of the police in giong at the trafficers?

  45. InCoGnItO
    May 21, 2010

    We need to read and understand what we read not just read and make comments with fueled by our emotions, The guy was charged for obstructing under the drug act and pleaded guilty to the charge he wasnt charged for possession of weed i have no idea of the fines for possession of weed especially if its just a joint he might have been charged less , the police doing there job yes but i think the officer could exercise a lil more discretion seeing that he throw away the joint and had nothing else on him to give him a break let him go with a warning or something as so the magistrate as well just one joint and a clean record at his age but i guess thats just wishful thinking ……Unlike Behanzin its in accordance to the law so all is good .

  46. Anonymous
    May 21, 2010

    No wonder Dominica ehre it is, a dam spliff u hustling a 52 year old rasta for and all the men in suit and ties brining in synthetic drugs killing our you. The police are working soo, well.GIVE ME A BREAK ..FAKE IDIOTIC SYSTEM

  47. LEGALIZE IT
    May 21, 2010

    How can the Judge talk about African Liberation. Its time we put pressure on the Govt and the legal system to end this discrimination.

    Now a hard working HUMBLE AFRICAN is behind bars and labelled as a criminal. Pure nonsense.

  48. May 21, 2010

    THE BUSH LAWYERS ARE AT IT AGAIN..BUSH LAWYERS READ,READ, PLS READ, THE CHARGE WAS FOR OBSTRUCTING THE OFFICER WHILE in THE LAWFUL EXCUTION OF HIS DUTIES. I ALWAYS WONDER WHY SOME of the same lawyers are quick to defend those drug offenders, are not quick to render some of their time to educate the public on the laws of the land? They will still make their money if it`s only that they`re intreasted in. We should make this particular lawyer the drug zar he knows a lot about drugs years ago we had our hands full with them and as usual because of their so called big Surname they felt they were above the law. LEAST WE FORGET”. IF the defendant said he is guilty those are his words yet those bird brain have a problem with that. ONLY IN DOMICA.

  49. CHARU
    May 21, 2010

    I FINE THAT HARD WHERE THE MAN IS SMOKING A LITTLE WEED. I AM NOT A SMOKER , NEVER SMOKE BUT THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT. THE MAN WAS IN A QUITE AREA, WHERE KIDS ARE NOT PRESENT, TO CHARGE HIM ALL THAT MONEY, I DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO CHARGE THESE GUY FOR SMALL QUANTITY OF HERBS. LETS LOOK FORWARD LET EASE UP A BIT ON THAT .

    ON ANOTHER NOT SMOKING IS NOT GOOD.

  50. xmxn
    May 21, 2010

    go after the crack delears leave the weed alone it is just a plant it is not a drug change the law

  51. Homeboy
    May 21, 2010

    What BS! You did not catch him with the joint! You would have had to jump into the water and take finger prints on the wet joint to convict me!

  52. child
    May 21, 2010

    man i would fight that case .the man is 52 years , clean record,(almost every young men have been in trouble )this man has never been in trouble and alyou charging him all that money …thats one of the case where the court of apeal should intervene ….so tell me where the man going to get that money !

  53. Democratic lover
    May 21, 2010

    The police wasted the court time. No body should be taken to court in dominica for smoking a spliff. It is a gift from od like dasheen and yam, tobacco which come from babylon and killing more people is legal. The laws have to be changed to suit the people of dominica and not imported from Babylon, who gve us crack and guns to kill our young men.

  54. B.S
    May 21, 2010

    not that same magistrate that say behanzin too hard nah .she really come out

  55. LCM
    May 21, 2010

    I am no marijuana of drug user. Drug abuse is bad. However i see it senseless to criminalize a man for smoking in his personal space. Man make the laws and it can be changed. Apparently it did not affect P. Allyne.

    I think sale and shipment of large quantities of marijuana should continue to be a crime. Any body caught with small quantity for personal use in their private residence should not be arrested.

    Anything else especially if on the streets in public make it a crime.

    Off course it is just my opinion.

  56. ZOZYO
    May 21, 2010

    THE LAW MUST BE ADHERED TOO AT ALL TIMES. CONSIDERING ALL THIS CRACK COCAINE DEALERS OUT THERE THE INCIDENT IS TRIVIAL. BUT THE RASTA MAN SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN AN ISOLATED AREA TO SMOKE HIS WEED- NOT SO OPENLY.

    ON A DIFFERENT NOTE –WHY THE HECK DID HE PLEAD GUILTY WHEN THE COP DID NOT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE?..

  57. windsor park
    May 21, 2010

    1 spliff ….1… on the bridge at 6 am .. I have respect for the police but that is just nonsense and to compound the matter you fine the man $800.00, best he had a key of coke so the 1000 fine would make sense. I can bet you the arresting office if from out of Roseau just join and trying to make an impression.
    A town cop would never watch dat ras dere…I VEX

    It is only 3 things our police can do..give traffic tickets , hassle the poor maleway for 1 joint and pull up in front the head quarters calling all skirts that pass. Oh I forgot one ..when you call tell you they don’t have transport

  58. born and breed
    May 21, 2010

    IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO SMOKE HOWEVER POSESSION OF CANNABIS IS ILLEGEL IN OUR BELOVED DOMINICA’ NATURE ISLE OF THE CARIBBEAN ‘. i haven’t read anywhere in the article that says de man had weed. he did throw a cigarette over de bridge. leave it to de police to assume is weed. and so what you searched him and found nothing. give de man a warning or something. I NEVER IN MY 25 YEARS IN DOMINICA HEAR A POLICE ARREST A MAN FOR SMOKING CRACK. BUT THEY RUNNIN THROUGH HELL AND BACK TO HOLD YOU WIT A SPLIFF… THAT DAY WILL COME WII

  59. I-wa
    May 21, 2010

    trust me 1 day time-will-tell,,,,as 1 person said..the problem in Da is that the hard-drug trafickers are the law-makers themselves…word of Wisemind…”Praise the Most High all his Nations..and Praise His Imperial Majesty all his people..for his merciful guidence is great towards us and the Truth of Jah endureth forever”…psalms..!!!

  60. MOORCY
    May 21, 2010

    I really thought that it was a criminal act to arrest a man for smoking a spliff… one spliff!!! It was not even a whole one. .If it was a pack of Ganja (JAH CIGA) i can understand. They should suspend that police man, for patrolling without a conscience.. Can i be arrested if i am found with a ganja seed in my possession?–yes, just one seed?–somebody help me out

  61. Piton Beer
    May 21, 2010

    that eh making sense choops. All the big drug dealers they have to go after, of course they won’t

  62. Dubiqois
    May 21, 2010

    Most times, I side with upholding the law as written. I understand it is against the law, and the officer was doing his job; but an $800 penalty for a man who had no prior offense, and was taking a “spiritual journey” at 6 in the morning? He did not resist arrrest, and was forthcoming with the officer. At least, the judge could have given him a warning. I have seen greater infractions of the law met with much more leniency.

    Talk about misdirected energy. Isn’t there a psychopath who escaped from prison running free in Dominica? Sa nous ka faire avec monsieur? Should not our officers be in the jungle searching for that guy?

  63. jack
    May 21, 2010

    jah 1 spillf! allu will burn in hell for them kind of weakedness. only god can judge a man weed came from jah> them magistrate to weaked

  64. Jah Live
    May 21, 2010

    For one spliff, imagine that. Time to legalize this herb that has proven scientifically to have much less of an impact than alcohol and cigarettes.

  65. B
    May 21, 2010

    yes its the law, but lets not be hippocrites, im not going to harass a man, a 52 YEAR OLD MAN, smoking by himself, with no intention to supply anybody else and no priors. Some police men leave their house with all their stress and passing it on the small ppl that minding their own busines.. Why couldnt that same officer go on the “block” and pick up all dem lil boys and so called thugs that selling to infect the minds of young boys and girls? Send them to pay the system and STOP HARASSING THE WRONG PEOPLE!

  66. IT'S ME
    May 21, 2010

    rasta for life. ron away barbilon

  67. yout
    May 21, 2010

    the “so called” experts tend to say that marijuana is a stepping stone to harder drugs….false false false..

    I have smoked marijuana since 3rd form high school 18 years ago …it has only been that.

    I have a decent job,well kept,respectful……it hasn’t pulled me to the gutters like the “experts”say..

    But one thing is for sure..”JAH IS THE ULTIMATE EXPERT”

    • ManMan
      May 21, 2010

      You doh even realise that your brain is sloooooooowly deteriorating too. The body was not made to be a smoke factory “Mr Yout.” Smoking pollutes the human body.

    • LawieBawie
      May 22, 2010

      Thank God for the resiliance which you have been blessed with and which so many others lack.

    • let it be
      May 22, 2010

      yes yout!

      for starters, ebery body has a diffferent tolerant level to drugs both legal and illegal. not because you did not get into more potent drugs doesnot mean that the used of cannabis does not lead to the use of deadlier drugs! The main ingredient in cannabis is THC tetra hydrocannabinol which causes changes to brain processses there fore be careful.. trust me!

  68. change the law
    May 21, 2010

    that rasta man is a jack. plea guilty for what? no evidence. he could walk out a free man. the police could never win that case.

    • InCoGnItO
      May 21, 2010

      The guy was charged for obstructing under the drug act and pleaded guilty to the charges he wasnt charged for possesion of weed so no way could he have walked out a free man

    • Chief prosecutor
      May 23, 2010

      your damn fool read the law.

  69. AA!
    May 21, 2010

    AA! I find Magistrate Baptiste getting tight these days eh? Somebody talk to her man? $800.00 for a spliff that probably cost de fella less than $5.00?? AA! But I find Evalina come out.

    • JDB
      May 21, 2010

      yes papa she come out for true,for one spliff $800 man!!shame on she

    • true
      May 23, 2010

      lol…is true.

  70. Karkabeff
    May 21, 2010

    Good job officer. These guys just dont get it. Marijuana is illegal and if you destroy it when you see the police then you have obstructed them in performing their duties. The police does not write laws, all they do is enforce what is on the books.

    • yout
      May 21, 2010

      which F$#% good job…we try to emultae the cultures of 1st world countries when they themselves have left the oppression of marijuana behind….WHen…ooh when ,when will things change.

      “found on the grave of the great king solomon”

      “found in the caves of the dead sea scrolls”

      “found in ancient china”

      found in ancient egypt”

      Stop oppressing the weed and concentrate on the Crack cociane…But then again so much people of high repute make their livelihoods from crack cocaine then we just ignore it…We KNOW who they are …we know

      • Mentally Disturbed
        May 21, 2010

        Kakabeff stop talkin nonsense. If you a officer u c a man smoking a spliff, especially a Rastaman, u going and harass de man. U tell de man to out dat spliff and go up de river wit dat. They have some law on de books that is ole time law, and, you’re a man b4 u a policeman, so recognize de man is a rastaman and tell de man to chill with that in public dread.
        No need to put de ras thru all dat legal hassles for a spliff man when so much bigger crime happenin in de land.

        • stupes!
          May 26, 2010

          i totally agree.

      • Anonymous
        May 21, 2010

        Bro I agree with you 100%.. but Dailey should have never plead guilty. Let the police jump in the water and get the spliff.. Just like them venezuelans if you cannot find it, you cannot charge him!!!

    • Homeboy
      May 21, 2010

      Good job, your moron, for a joint? Herb is a natural entity.

    • xmxn
      May 21, 2010

      what are u talking about cows… u suport charging a man 800.00 for one splif? do u know how hard it is to make a 1$ in da ganga is a plant it is not a drug the usa is the frist country that put weed eligal because of the mexicians and other country do the same da is an independent country they should help it’s people not fustrate them the man is harmless why arest him for one spilf we must change the way we look at weed in da because weed is harm less i use to smoke weed i take care of my wife and kids now all my kids are in colage show me where weed is bad

  71. coyote
    May 21, 2010

    that,s Dominica for you.foolish policemen,foolish laws.stupes.

  72. sar par right...
    May 21, 2010

    IT WASNT ME , when you look at it he was honest to say that he was smokin weed , but you didnt catch the man with the weed no evidence there so why the charge come on officer give a man a break… and then i think the magistrate could be linient first offence atleast reprimand him cut him some slack . you have seen his clean record for 52 years .. margway sar but 800 box????? in these trying timess. just love to press rasta . its aight jah guide ..

  73. Rastawoman
    May 21, 2010

    This man is a Rastaman, let him got free. The herb is our sacrament. He wasn’t hurting anyone. Here in San Francisco, California we can freely smoke the herb if we don’t bother anyone. When law enforcement comes down so harshly people tend to lose respect for them and law enforcement loses all credibility.

    • born and breed
      May 21, 2010

      well said sister well said.

    • HA
      May 22, 2010

      Well it’s African liberation week so de man praising ..Davo boy!!

  74. Anonymous
    May 21, 2010

    Something wrong with DA Cops either they are afraid of some or they just pic on some.
    Just cheking!

  75. Ron
    May 21, 2010

    This sounds ridiculous but he knows the law and until the law has changed we all need to abide to it. At least he wasn’t distributing. Touch listen to learn but it could have been worst.

  76. child
    May 21, 2010

    that’s not fair at all ….$800 for one spliff and alyou didnt even catch him with it ..

    • yout
      May 21, 2010

      and ALL MURDERERS AND CRACK DEALERS WALKING OFF FREE..THAT CRAP GETTING TO ME NOW

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