Headlines about killings are nothing new. Bodies riddled with bullets are, again, unfortunately, nothing new. Prison escapees are nothing new. Harbouring and aiding criminals are nothing new. Gun battles between criminals and the police are also nothing new. We have been grappling with these transgressions for too long.
Unsolved crimes are also nothing new—often not because they cannot be solved, but because corruption penetrates even the institutions where those who are supposed to be the bastions of upholding the law operate. Criminals and officers of the law sometimes have the same faces. The price of selling one’s integrity and ignoring oaths to protect and serve can be inexpensive here. I listened to an interview with prisoner Mohammed Ali, who escaped from the Georgetown Public Hospital. In that interview he said that he did not escape but paid US$5000 for his freedom. So often, I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone.