ComPol Blames ‘Violent Minority’ for Murders, Urges Support for 13th Amendment
We return now to a story we brought you at the top of the hour, the tragic murder of Evadnie and Luke Jones. It’s a case that has shaken the community and raised serious questions: Was this senseless act of violence the result of the police’s failure to keep criminal elements in check? Well, according to the Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado, the answer isn’t so simple. He says the real blame lies with a small but dangerous group, a minority, as he puts it, determined to hold the country hostage through violent crime. And in response, he’s urging the public to rally behind the proposed Thirteenth Amendment, which he believes is key to turning the tide.
Dr. Richard Rosado, Commissioner of Police
“This is why I believe that I want to beg and implore the public to support the police department as a united front as a resolute support for the amendment for the gang and gun laws being proposed in the 13th Amendment of the constitution. I do believe that 13th Amendment is a needed enhancement of the legislation that will assist us, not only in protecting the community and in ensuring he at the rule of law is upheld but also in assisting us to dismantle the entrenched network of violence that exist. I do support that we have a number of citizens, including the at risk com unities, who have demonstrated positive response to rehabilitative and preventative programs. But we do have a hardened minority who is hell bent, who will do what it takes, and they have demonstrated that they will continue their criminality and we cannot allow these dangerous few to hold the country hostage.”
Reporter
“If this is a police failure, how can you seek to go extra constitutionally or legally, to solve a problem just because police wise you are unable to solve it?”
Dr. Richard Rosado
“As a law enforcement agency we will use all available legal framework to break the cycle of violence.”
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