Just a member of Minnis and Rolle's gestapo police squad doing his duty.

And just another family left to grieve the unjust killing of a loved one because of an unconscionable act of police violence.

No doubt Marvin Dames is not too concerned about this. He has perfected the art of sweeping such unjustified killings under the rug.

What more can you say?!

Not much except that this will continue unchecked until some politician's family member gets shot by cops.

Seriously? You blame somebody else for what this idiot has done? Really? For goodness sake come on

how long has this angry man been allowed to take out his frustrations on the Bahamian public? I'm gonna bet this isnt the furst incident. Look at the officer who beat up the two lil girls was that Exuma or Eleuthera. The officer who assaulted the 3 individuals who eventually had their case thrown out, the officer who body slam the man in the nightclub. Yeah I blame someone other than the man who committed The crime. The armed forces have a problem with anger management.

The Bahamas is unquestionably a regressive police state! NOT exactly the kind of place tourists from modern countries would want to visit.

The government and Police Commissioner Paul Rolle are directly responsible for the ongoing asinine stupidity. Now they will all blame the officer for acting foolishly carrying out their draconian policy!

Stupid does as stupid is. RIP my Bahamian brother.

Police officers in the Bahamas invariably are poorly trained and have an ingrained belief that their badge allows them to do whatever they want in their personal life as well as when they’re on duty. They seem to have a second ingrained belief: that they can shoot anybody, anywhere, any time, who simply annoys them.

What this "officer" did was plain and simple... MURDER. He needs to be arrested and charged with murder.

This is really sad. This officer has to be made an example of for the rest to get the message. Based on what's stated here, it appears that the officer was not arresting the gentleman and trying to confiscate the marijuana. It seems that the officer was simply taking it from him. So, essentially you have a criminal with a badge.

There's no justification to shoot someone for simple marijuana possession, even if you're acting in an official police capacity unless you're met with violence and you have. no other option. The Commissioner needs to step up and speak to these situations. The Commissioner has to show the country that he has control over his men. This is not the time to play "brotherhood". The police are paid by taxpayers and taxpayers deserve to get value for their money.

DEATH TO ALL BAHAMIAN CORRUPT COPS! das it........

I am saddened over the death of this young man and if the officer in question acted recklessly in this matter, he should be punished to the full extent of the law.

However, there are many police officers who do their jobs professionally - risking their lives every day to keep us safe.

Consequently, lets us not bacterized our police officers – because we never know when we will need them to come to our aid.

What this individual did if factual is clearly wrong and deserving of being tried in court as such. However, we need to be careful in that accusations we throw. While he may be a part of the police force he was off duty and acting in the capacity of a civilian. One cannot seek to blame the police force or national security, for the stupidity of an employee not at work. If that is the case, every time someone does something in this country we need to blame their employer.

The officer shot a man he was arresting. . .witnesses said that the man had drugs and ran away from the police!! That's all yinna know about right up in now! SO HOW IN THE AUNTY-VICKY -BLUE-SOCK-WITH-THE-BIG-TOE-HANGING-OUT YINNA GET TO ALL THIS STUPIDITY YALL WRITING ON THIS SITE?

Shut yinna dumb pie -holes and use yinna sense. . .ya hear!

As far as we who here in NP are concern. . .case closed. . .man placed under arrest, mad escape custody and police shots man. . .case justified under law!! That's yinna PENAL CODE. . .in case yall don't know!!

Now police them gone down in Exuma and something een look right in this "by-the-book" killing!!

So, now the coroner and the "other" police them think this case looks a "lil fishy" . . .naw they took the police off active duty and started an investigation into ALL PARTICULARS OF THIS SHOOTING. . .not why the officer shot!!

The man was arrested for drugs (legally). . .he broke free and flee. . .making him a fugitive. . .giving the police the legal right shot to stop him. . .so he shot him in his boongy. . .text book use of lethal force!!

Now don't get me wrong, I too think that the officer could have leave off trying to take the dude-just then and alone, since errybody knew who he was, and arrest him later! That's just "my feeling". . .but that is not the law or the police feeling!! Then there is the "nerve" of that dude to have drugs for sale to other people and when the police tried to arrested him say: "leave me alone. . .don't put me in jail". . .then ran off. . .with the drugs and don't expect anything to happen? Yinna better get real!!

So now after all this back and forth. . .the law giving the police authorized use of lethal force to stop a fleeing prisoner. . .the people them saying the officer did not have to shot the fleeing man in his hip. . . and the other police and coroner "taking a look" into the shooting. . .yinna just show some good sense and keep ya nonsense to ya self!!

For example, that post that says the police committed murder!! Murder is the "intent" to kill a person and accomplishing that intent in the death of said person!

So, please tell me why a police with a lethal weapon in his/her hand will shot a man in his boongy if he/she intent to kill the person?? Why not shot him in his center mass or the head!!

The most ya can say about the shooting of the officer is that he intended to "stop" the fugitive from running away!! The area of bullet entry is generally a non-fatal area. . .however, like in this case, it could be in rear cases!!

So, let all act like adults and wait for the authorities to do their jobs. . .OK!

clearly you're wrong. The lackadaisical police force thought What he did was egregious enough to dismiss him forthwith and he's been charged. So take your biased wrongdoing supporting hate somewhere else

you also forgot the part where the OFFDUTY officer pointed the loaded gun at bystanders and threatened them. but you is only show up to defend stupidity anyway

YOU sir, are obviously a mindless idiot, incapable of reaching an unbiased opinion. Your line of **"TINKING"** represents most of what is wrong in our country!

The stupid, dumbass, cop felt embolden enough by the policies and utterances of the commissioner of police and government, to shot this man for possession of a small bag of marijuana.

Just how dam stupid does an individual have to be to rationalize shotting a person for a small bag of weed?

Obviously, the commissioner of police and government are clearly guilty of sending the wrong signals to their D- average goon squad!

In these circumstances when a cop kills someone they should be made to pay for the funeral it's so sad and senseless I spoke to Jarvis a few hours before he was killed r.i.p

Words fail me, Is this really the level that the state's security forces have descended to?

Words fail us all! The "state's security forces" in the Bahamas have been way out of control for decades. The asinine stupidity of this officer is common in the country with government blessings!

These a##holes cops habitually arrest and charge tourists for possessing one joint! Meanwhile, the tourist can go to Jamaica and purchase his weed in a vending machine in the airport arrivals area.

What the hell are the Bahamas government doing???????

RIP. The venom that was normally reserved for the you know who's has now been unleashed with a vengeance on the general population.
Such a shame. the COP did say it and now they have killed a man because of their zeal.

International News " A young Bahamian man shot dead by police for having a $3.00 joint"
International tourist or potential visitor = WTF cancel our trip to the Bahamas them n!$$&@s are crazy down there they killing a bro for a joint, let's go somewhere else anywhere as long as you won't get killed for a joint. It is so sad how we hate on our own. So, so sad that persons who have sworn to protect and serve their employers ( the Bahamian citizens ) can only say thanks for employing them by destroying and killing us.