A Calibishie man has been admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound.
20-year-old Marlon Telemacque was shot after becoming violent with police officers who were conducting a search of his premises.
“On the morning of November 19th, 2013 police officers stationed to the Calibishie police station conducted a search on the premises of Marlon Telemacque. He was wanted by the police with respect to investigations into a series of burglaries in the Calibishie area,” acting Police PRO Richmond Valentine told Dominica News Online.
He added that during the search a number of items liable to seizure were found. However, Telemacque became violent during his arrest, Valentine said.
“Marlon violently resisted arrest and the officers were armed at the time and in the process Marlon sustained a gunshot wound. He was transported to the Princess Margaret Hospital where he was admitted,” Valentine said.
Valentine added that investigations into the matter are ongoing.
My guys knows the rules of engagement, so just use it in accordance of the law and everything will be alright. The police still had a level of mercy he is alive and well to stand and give evedice and not 6 feet.
well tis is not the days of the ROMANS man cannot swing cutlass after police and still expect police to try and use the arms god gave them against metal to hold them. Is a metal for a metal! When the cops came he should have raised his hands and go willingly. they like to do crime but hate to do time. and those of us that supporting crime because we benefitting I hope when it come by you is not police u looking for to help you
well welll my god one fing dem D A pow pow like to shoot fast+ loooks like they watching too much action movies_ this is the real life fellas not because u have a gun to just blast on a man then say is resisting arrest or some other x kuzze_ i well vexx dno could be my bro or family
plizzze readers NO DISLIKES for me today en quand meme
A 20 year old…y did the police shot and unarmed man…thats so sad and stupid…they should train dominica police men…I was also told that he was shot in the back to his stomach…god be with you son and keep your head up..
“Marlon violently resisted arrest…”
He acted with injurious or destructive force.
He was immoderately vehement or ardent.
His intentions were to hurt the COPS during a LAWFUL search of his premises, they got him first. Good job officers.
Headline: Abuse of Authority by Untrained and Unprofessional Policemen in Calishe Village
Respect for the rule of law and for the Officers who enforce the law is the foundation of a civilized society. According to the report, this young man repeatedly broke into the homes of his neighbors (maybe while they slept)and stole there property to be sold for his own gain. When caught red-handed by police he resisted so violently that officers considered themselves to be in danger and took action.
The message has been sent: The police investigations are serious business! My prayers are with Marlon and the officer.
Sisserou yo are stupid and ignorant- the rule of law says the police are to arrest not prosecute and sentence.
tnks norm
the question is was marlon armed at the time of the incident because there were more than one police officer present?
if marlon is resisting arrest, i cant understand why more than one police officer cannot hold him now.
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
‘Marlon violently resisted arrest and the officers were armed at the time and in the process Marlon sustained a gunshot wound’. Mr. PRO was at any time was the police were in danger and fear for their lives? Who fired the gun and wonded the suspect? Was it a senior officer or a rookie and how many years does that office have on force? If you cannot cannot these question in a satisfactory manner and way then this is a case of extrajudicial justice or your officers are not trained properly.It might alo be a case where police can arrest and brutalize poor people and that’s it. Mr. PRO if your force is a professional one then you need to explain to the public what occured and wht the poor fellow was wonded by your officers. I am also sorry for hte officer as well-he is much as a victim as the poor fellow who is at the hospital.
i am really fed upp with people like you!things that are happening in the country ar eoccurring because people like you refuse to take a stand for what that is just and right. have we not been terrorised enough by bthese criminals i guess if it was in your home he had entered and committed a crime such as rape your ..fe or gf and kids you would speak differently. always quick to try and showcase American justice in dominica. IT DOES NOT WORK IN AMERICA AND IT DEFINITELY WILL NOT WORK HERE
Hello and good afternoon my people. Well its very sad to hear that a young man is shot and a specially by the Police. Now I must say that I am a supporter of our Police Department but we also need accountability therefore I hope this incident will be investigated by the Police Department Internal Affairs Bureau/ Office of Professional Responsibility. Once this investigation is completed then we will know the circumstances surrounding this incident. One can resist arrest or become agitated but if that person isn’t arm with a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument which posed a mediate threat to the Officers then the Police should be able to restrain that person without using deadly physical force.
Tony Police in Dominica does investigate police. As a matter of fact, even when they are involved in a crime, they are neither suspended, fired nothing.
Remember a Telemaque from Wesley was arrested, after a high powered police rifle was found in a motor vehicle he was driving. Well, we know that a police stole that gun, however, he remained on the force to this very day, he never cease to be a police for one day, since the incident.
So, if you expect anything to develop from this un-call-for shooting of an accused, I suspect all the rivers, and sea which surround Dominica will first turn to blood before you see a single police officer held accountable for his/her criminal activities, and behavior
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Or dry up.
Mr Telemaque .
Hello and good afternoon. Well its not only in Dominica that the Police investigate themselves. I was a member of NYPD for twenty four years and I spent three and a half years in Internal Affairs where I investigated allegations of corruption made against Officers and civilians. The head of internal affairs is a Chief but he is also an assistant Inspector General therefore he submit his findings to the Police Commissioner and Commissioner of the Department of Investigation which is responsible to investigate corruption within any city agency.
wow i am surprised that you are actually thinking towards the police in dominica being investigated,you recently supported the [police actions]in caring out the dread act which was illegal in terms of making peter pay for paul,when all right minded people thought that the police as a investigative unit,their duty was to seek out the people of interest and apprehend those who were responsible for the kidnaping and and murder of ted honeychurch,which sparked the outrage and subsequently brought about the implimentation of the dread act,the lives of the inocent young men which were cut down,has never up till this day been recognized,you spoke about a few young men that were trouble makers in your village,which if those were true,then the police should have aprehended them,not go about shooting tom dick and harry,this was not justified policeing,a man is inocent untill proven guilty,that is the law of protect and serve,this ignorance was a massive error,i was very much taken back,by the so many so called inteligent dominicans,who’s point of view,was in favor of the police actions,as directed by their superious,the government reacted in panic mode and out of control,and lent no thought to how dangerous this law was,to put into the hands of law enforcement men,the right to shoot and kill at will,this is not how the civilized world works,you first investigate and seek out and aprehened,the responsible parties involved,that’s why the man said,dominica has to fix its past,in other to go forward,and that is why you are looking for an investigation now,for the telemaque case,which will never be,because it was never there in the begining,dominicas fertile soil has drank inocent blood,that is karma,this is why dominica is unstable,the politics volatile,unpredictable governments,and those who want be,i wish you all the best,till you see the error of you all way.
Hi Francisco Telemaque i’am ishar destouche
Alfread Destouche from plam tree is my father you are part of my familly and would like to know you better,
Hello and good afternoon my people. Please if you give me a thumbs down I would rather that you attached your displeasure to my post so I can answer.
First palm tree now calibishie … Is this the beginning of an organise chain. I hope the reactions was thought of in the plan. On the
way to bense
they like to act as if the badder than police. shoot dem self
Am happy the pro of police was able to inform Dno of that”incident” but am still waiting to hear about colaire and Bertrand. Mr. Pro let the people know what happened in Palm tree last week
Oh boy i just find that’s stupid because am not seeing where it is writen that this young man was armed with a weapon.So y didn’t they shoot him some where else like in his leg if he was resisting arrest.Smh they need to start punishing some of these wicked police officer’s the man is not an animal he has a family also.
You want crime to stop but everytime the police try to do their jobs you make excuses for the criminals. I say the country to free we NEED a dictator because we dont know what we want. How about the police that peacefully went to investigate a report and the man throw alkali in his eyes? Now he has to wear glasses and shades and he has partially lost sight, doctor bill will never stop coming since he has to do regular checkups? If he had used brute force he would not have that problem so I dont feel sorry for any criminal at all. Oh dont forget the officer who got slashed on his head with a cutlass and years after he is still on the strongest pain killers which will destroy his liver and stomach walls soon, but he has no choice. How do you feel about that?
Did the Police have a search warrant to enter and search the young man’s premises?
The police can go anywhere on suspicion. Its up to the suspect to always be prepared… And remember. 1800 snitch is always on, so if he/she can’t do the time don’t do the crime
Yea but then the cases are lost when they behave as you said, cause thereare established legal norms which manage the system. We should be crying for proper police work to ensure that criminals pay for their crimes and not walk free after months remanded at our expense. You know the state right now has to cover all of this dudes medical expenses , and if he is foundnot guilty can easily win a suit against tbe goverment which we would have to pay…. so stop being emotional and demand better professionalism from those who swear to serve and protect
study your law.. all u jus like to come and embarrass all u self
mac November 20, 2013
“Telemacque that name just won over the Government
what did he expect, he lucky to be alive, and the rest of the family better watch themselves”(Mac).
Mac, I do not believe that the case Fenton Telemaque vs Government of Dominica; and et, al., has anything to do with this latest event.
After all if he was implicated in a crime of thief, and he was investigated, and found to have stolen property within his residence, the police had every right to search his residence with a search warrant; and I doubt that in a case which involved search, and seizure, only a single police office would be sent to search his place, and make an arrest if anything was found in his possession.
With that said I believe some police brutality is involved here, and brute force was used to arrest him. Only an idiot would resist an number of officers armed with guns: What happened to him to my mind is nothing more than a show of force, a show of power; nevertheless, I will not narrow it down to a point and say his arrest has something to do with Fenton Telemaque prevailing over the Government.
That could be a probability; however, I refuse to believe that at this time.
Now as for the Telemaque Klan, and our welfare, I doubt we have anything to worry about, nothing to worry about or look out for. Since if we are talking about a race of people, let it be known that we are a people who originates in a place called Dakar Senegal in West Africa, and our name “Telemaque” still exists among the Wallop tribe, and we are also found on the Ivory coast!
We are perhaps the only people in the Caribbean who are sure that our name is not a slave name, even if I have also traced it all the way to Vatican City in Rome, dating back more than five (500) hundred years. It took me more than twenty-five years to complete my research. Over the years, we survived by fighting giants, and slavery, and we overcome our enemies, and foes each step of the way.
If you do not believe me, I advise you do a search on “Vessey Denmark Telemaque” or “The Vessy Denmark insurrection, and from what you read, you will discover anybody who believe they can defeat, or bury us, sooner or later finds out they are always defeated before the war get started.
The Vessy Denmark Telemaque history is thought in some Universities in America today; his Bronze Bust, is affix at the entrance of a university on the east coast, I will not quote the name, since I do not wish to give them some free advertisement.
Anyone who ever try to destroy us as always destroy themselves in the process, while we survive!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque, you forgot to mention that Marlon is your nephew. oops! but again, I almost forgot this,his surname is spelt with a ‘C’ hmmmmm!
ok……….
Telemaque/Telemacque……..whatever!!!!To me it translates…macacque!!!!
Bondieu the man even proud of his slave master surname we, SORT!
Are you retarded?
If the suspect was unarmed and even if he resisted arrest, this is not probable cause to use deadly force. Officers are taught to utilize various levels of force before escalating to deadly force which is always the LAST resort if your life is in imminent danger.
Since when attempting to run from the police violently resisting arrest? He was shot in his bottom while attempting to run.
totally agree with your standpoint. its amazing how Dominicans are ignorant of their rights as it pertains to law even to the extent where we condone violence. when our police act like gangstas then why should we applaud them? an increase in crime does not mean that human rights should be trampled. I mean we are in 2013 cant the Dominican government equip the police with non-lethal means of to subdue individuals with out causing life long injuries what about buying some tasers, mase, pepper spray etc? dem chine store have dat police cannot get? its all good to say give it to them enno but you never know when is u police stop and brutalize for no good reason
99 days for de Tief, but.. but… but..one day for de Police.
DNO, Gun shot wound to what part of his body?
Thou shalt not steal. Leave people’s property alone. If he had not stolen and did not resist arrest, he would not have found himself in that situation.
Two police officer should be able to arrest someone , dem man just trigger happy , shooting a unarmed man is crime, they police should be put on leave until the investigation is over, they never mention if the police officer draw his weapon for protection because Marlon was resisting arrest , something is fishy about this
I must have missed the spot in the article which said that he was uunarmed.
“Marlon violently resisted arrest and the Police (OFFICERS) were armed at the time, so Marlon sustained a gun shot.” No justification for the police shooting. They need more training. Why shoot the man? There were “OFFICERS!” possibly more than two; and they could not hold down the man and arrest him, then add “resisting” arrest to the charge? We should not accept everything that these police officers do; because tomorrow could be your turn or my turn. There is no reason whatsoever to justify these type of Cowboy style policing in Dominica. That one who pulled the trigger should be should be arrested for attempted murder. If we allow these type of things to go unchallenged, woe be unto our Children.
although we will all agree that Jamaica has the highest crime rate ,we can also agree that Jamaica has the wickedest cops. if we have three hundred cops in the dominica police forse we should send all of them to Jamaica for three months and take three hundred cops from Jamaica to replace them .I am sure by the time the Jamaican cops done with us in dominica our lovely dominica will be a better place to live in.
You are so out of brain cells.
Have they made Jamaica a better place to live? They must first clean up their country prior to going to another country to clean it up.
some of allu people dont knw what allu want from the police… but i realize allu jus here to criticize…. if they had let him escape same allu would be criticizing the police… smh
strong point thats just how ppl are
Telemacque that name just won over the Government
what did he expect, he lucky to be alive, and the rest of the family better watch themselves
What watch ourselves hmmmmmmm…….
I don;t know whats wrong with these young boys.i can only pray for them.too much happening in that village.
What goes around comes around
DNO, any idea of the extent of his injuries?
Gunshot to what body part or area?
That alone police want to do, is shoot ppl. Go and investigate emmanuel fire
Calibishie again, when these robberies is going to come end.
NOW ITS ABOUT TIME! the police start to take charge of the country from these criminals
let him respect the officers in their execution of their duties…
Good job. These idiots need to start feeling some heat
that a good job be professional , I know you are a cops to be give this type of comment bye bye
I am no cop! just a law abiding citizen that fed up with these criminals but I can tell you if the government, police and judiciary do not do something it will get just like the movie law abiding citizen because there is so much decent god fearing people can take
How skerrit feel boy when he read about so much crime on dno?
You must really love Skerrit, as your name signifies..He is human and no one is happy about crime. . If he put laws like China or Singapore, u all will still complain.
No matter what the case might be, good news or, there is so much negative comments.
Missing word, bad.
A police was trained to use force. So why would you want to resist arrest? When a police approaches you, the only sensible option is to surrender.
Wow. So the man was violent, and, there was no other way to restrain him than using a gun? Supposed the man had died or dies? Did he have a weapon? Maybe a loaded gun? A sharp object like a cutlass? Why Did the police have to use excessive force to take down this guy? Like he was some kind of wild animal..wild pig or deadly pit bull?? This is unacceptable and in excusable! DNO please give us more information when it becomes available as to whether the man threatened the life of the police officers with a deadly weapon. Then their method of defense can be justified. Until then…
Invest.
Hello and good afternoon. The article didn’t say the young man was armed with a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument which threathened the Officers safety. This represents a failure on the Officers behalf for him to used deadly physical force.
@ Invest. You must be a retarded Cop. You’ll get yours – just wait.
little black boy…go to school and learn.little black boy..show some concern….little black boy…education is the key…
Wanted for investigations search executed at suspect home items were found in connections with the search, suspect got violent and got shot. Stay tuned more details to follow.
That doesn’t make sense at all. Yes he resisted arrest but he did not run from the police so y did dey have to shot the man! Smh d/ca police majority of dem think just cuz dey police they can do ppl watever they like.
“violently resisted arrest and the officers were armed at the time and in the process Marlon sustained a gun shot wound”. What a load of bull crap! Come on Mr Valentine? You can do a better job than that! U just told us that the officers were trigger happy….. I wonder, how many officers were present at the time? Did malon have an offensive weapon? Hmmmm!
I’m not in no way condoning violence against police officers. I have full respect for the law and police officers. Just saying that the statement of Mr Valentine is begging for questions.
I guess you people down there have no Taser in y’all police department. So Dominica police have to shoot to restrain? All you people is joke down there. LABOUR MUST GO !
You know tasers could kill or maim.
From the way you speak, it appears that the police in Dominica had tasers when UWP was in power.
Did the young man have a gun? Couldn’t the police have used a different method to restrain the young man? This is another example of abuse of power and police brutality.
Well if an officer suspects that his life is being endangered, he has to act accordingly.
So in the same way if a 7ft man approaches you and says, “I going to buss ur a@@@” then it is ok to shoot him. The laws on self defence, which states that the force used should be commensurate to the perceived danger, applies to the police also. Is only when it happens to us or our relations we find things wrong and want others to have sympathy for us.
DNO save yourself, the first rule in journalism is attribution “20-year-old Marlon Telemacque was shot after becoming violent with police officers who were conducting a search of his premises” Is this you saying this DNO or is that the view of the police. The matter is headed to the court and you cannot claim the man was violent without an attribution.
police shooting man like birds