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“We believe that employment that centers around at-risk youths can decrease these youths likelihood in being in the street and involvement in gang-related violence or criminal behavior. We also believe that it can also help them to develop that sense of responsibility and it’s a form of financial incentive for them. I see today as a good day, a good example of how the business community can collaborate with us.”
The idea was that with the string trimmer, Baptist would create employment not only for himself but also for his friends on Police Street. But something happened that has since rendered the transformation short-lived. Over the weekend, a video clip began circulating on social media. In it are five men, including Baptist, wielding illegal firearms.
Dec 17, 2020
Hubert Baptist
Also detained during the sweep was well-known footballer Floyd Jones who says he was at the barbershop inside the family yard when he, too, was taken into custody. According to Jones, the arresting officers insisted that a photograph of himself be taken, along with his fingerprints, despite not being charged for a criminal offense.
Hubert Baptist, Police Street Resident
“I deh da my yard and bout five truck haul up and come eena di yard. Dehn noh even seh dehn cohn conduct wahn search. Dehn cohn use a thing but dehn know dah dat, right and dehn seh dat how basically that dehn di ker dis crowd ya fi wahn meeting with gangs. So we comply and everybody gaan da station. We got camera da wih house and we could show that. When we reach da station now, da different thing di police dehn di deal wid we got no charge.”