Dear Editor,
I sat and watched with amazement at the various live feeds of the shootout at Norton Street, Georgetown, between the police and those who are supposedly bandits.
Crime has really escalated and incidents must warrant our attention. What is disgusting is to see the scant regard onlookers have for their lives and that of others. This is a norm in Guyana and we must desist from this practice. During the shootout, bullets could be heard being rapidly fired and onlookers and media operatives could be seen heading closer to the scene, some walking openly, which placed them in line of being hit by a bullet. Now, while the police are busy doing their job, some of them have to pay less attention to the threat and concentrate on getting onlookers to step away from the scene. Not only are the onlookers putting their lives at risk, but they are also putting the lawmen’s lives at risk by these careless actions. The onlookers should desist from this careless action. The way they operated, I could have sworn that they were going to deliver the bullets to the targets.
Sincerely,
Sahadeo Bates