This government is a joke, the police are even more a joke, and the tribune is the biggest joke of them all. The police who detained branville must have had a pants full of jizz during his interaction and questioning.

And what about the many other Bahamians who were detained for violating the curfew and/or lockdown orders for one reason or another, and who had to appear in court before a magistrate or judge and were ordered to pay a hefty fine or face imprisonment for a period of time?

It's painfully clear we have two sets of laws in our country. One set for the privileged and wealthy politically connected elite, and another set for the rest of us plebes. McCartney no doubt very much enjoyed his birthday party and is looking forward to a paying a small fine for the event that he can most easily afford.

Right, on all accounts!

This citation and detention represents a double standard within our justice system. If I remember correctly, those who were found in breech of the curfew were hauled before the courts. Why wasn’t this the case for Mr. McCartney?

**Remember the Homeless man who got himself arrested** for breaking the curfew, got held in a cell whilst waiting to be charged and hauled before a judge and was given **the two option justice payment plan of (a) paying a Fine - or (b) imprisonment** after was caught in act scratching out some cash by engaging in the selling coconut waters to buy food?
**Not exactly sure** how the authorities can expect comrades living on the street to abide by their curfew law?
...**What is there with judges** that make it lost upon them about the reality that Homeless Comrades who are always in breach of the curfew as residents of streets - including on their birthdays - are always unable to post bail, yes?**

So many people are busting curfew these days, if the police would book everyone we'd clear all of our debt out of the treasury.

Minnis, Dames, AG Bethel and Commissioner of Police Rolle all owe the public a full and frank explanation for why McCartney was given the gentle kid gloves treatment as compared to so many others that were hauled before the courts for similar violations and ended up facing large fines and/or imprisonment. What the hell is going on here? Are Minnis, Dames, Bethel, Rolle and our entire court system all blind to the serious injustice here and the danger it poses to our democracy. We simply cannot permit a two-tiered system of justice to take hold in our country at the discretion and whim of Minnis, Dames, Bethel and Rolle. This is so fundamentally wrong!

**How taking arrest and detention all in like was out Birthday's evening stroll** that really didn't end so badly has pointed at some kinds of negotiation in play to rejoin the reds' inner circle....but gonna change **like a Dorian** if no position be forthcoming...There is start street talk of replacing **the politically appointed** AG Carl Wilshire, yes?

How long has it been since the system was changed for persons violating curfew? And other emergency orders. Aren’t they ALL given tickets now with the options to either pay the tickets ( like a traffic ticket) or go to court and fight it. The 20 pm curfew hasn’t been strictly enforced for several months now and soyes, police are exercising variance on who is ticketed and who are not. Some say that restaurants and bars in hotels remain open beyond the 10:00 pm curfew. The trick is you either have to stay on the property until curfew ends at 5:00 am or risk breaking curfew to get home.