A hit dog will holler, and yes, I am surprised that the US would stoop so low with this tat for tat response instead of showing respect for diplomacy. If the Bahamas cannot even issue a note of caution to citizens abroad without fear of the economy tanking, as some of you insist, then there is the ever present potential for it to happen. So yeah, encourage the government to keep on shucking and jiving forever and ever, but don't turn around and complain about Bahamians not truly being first. Exactly 43 years after independence, and Bahamians are faulting the government for exercising a very basic function that is the right and responsibility of every sovereign nation.

The Bahamas has issued travel advisories for specific cities in America before this, and most likely there is an official template on file for this purpose. This glorified press release became a side story for some news outlets in the name of full coverage, but it is still very basic. I believe the next level would be a travel warning. There is no media war. How the advisory was received fell starkly along the lines of whether people support the BLM movement or not, and some believed that specific cities should have been named.

Even if the powers that be were exceedingly pleased with all that is Bahamian, the Dateline episode you mention could be run at any time (and it has) by NBC or any of the many stations that repackage and air Dateline episodes.

The thought of either of those candidates in office makes me almost as sad for the future of America as I am for the Bahamas at the thought of more years under the FNM or PLP. I don't believe that every one of these police encounters where black men end up dead are due to racism, but sometimes they are. Right now, the real facts support that this was not a justified shooting. I use facts and legitimate sources to support my opinion, not websites that support only my point of view.

Well, conservative is often the code word used by "real Americans" who want to make America great, i.e. white again, as well as that site's collection of lies after the fact to support killing an innocent motorist that gave me tea party vibes. I went to that site and I also went to reliable news agencies and Snopes to check on all that you said. I suggest you do the same, because your "conservative" internet blog is not a qualified source of news and apparently that makes you unable to appreciate real, verified news. Again, they are all lies or at least unfounded.

**paul_vincent_zecchino** You are citing what appears to be a leftover tea party conspiracy blog. None of what you said is true. Philando Castille's criminal history is comprised of minor traffic violations and he is not a gang member. The vehicle had already been stopped for the broken tail light, when the officer observed that he bore a resemblance to a robbery suspect on account of his broad nose. And none of this matters because he was being compliant in reaching for his license as instructed. A man is now dead because of one officers pre-conceived notions of black men, not to mention one who vaguely resembled an armed robbery suspect.

**ThisIsOurs** At what point then, is it wise for The Bahamas to ever speak up on anything? There will always be the fear of economic retaliation and slander in speaking up to world powers, and that is already this country's MO. This isn't even speaking up. This advisory is about as basic as it gets and it is based on factual events that are now unfolding in the US. It urges caution, not that Bahamians evacuate. For the US gov or media to take offense (or action) in response to this would be petty and true over reaction.

While I don't believe that the advisory comes from a place of genuine concern, I also believe that of the many US to Bahamas advisories. The US is constantly reminding us of their power, asking constantly, how low would you go? We have gone pretty damn low. This vain attempt at having a pair is nothing and will only appease stalworth PLPs to vote for them again.

The US has exploited similar opportunities to keep us and other countries in "our place", right our wrong. This advisory outward is only a blip in the sand for them, and not unwarranted, compared to the potential harm they do with similar actions based on much less. Our financial industry is in steady ruin for not taking a stand against this corporate puppet that some of you blindly regard as the bastion of democracy. If America is petty enough to respond to this, I hope that finally we would take note and want to work against cementing ourselves in the two most foreign a** kissing industries that I can think of.

I am sure that upon seeing that her mother was not Bahamian, someone at the passport office or immigration put her on the wrong track of having to obtain a travel document. If obtaining a copy of the constitution was as easily available then, as it is now, he would have known better than to accept anything less than a passport for this child. By now, immigration should have an online tool to properly guide applicants toward the correct citizenship path based strictly on the many what if scenarios that apply to citizenship, and not leave it up to the bias and misinterpretation of front line employees.

This latest entry in a clearly personal campaign is filled with speculation and vaguely supported assertions that these men are not criminals and that they are legally in the US. Any commentary of value on this subject would cite on the record sources or at least make readers aware of the attempts/methods used to obtain the missing information. Who at the UNHCR confirmed that they never applied for assistance? Someone with an actual title and responsibility for these matters or the inquisitive janitress? What attempts were made to locate the criminal records of these men to state that none could be located? If they entered the US legally and are legally resident, why not state this outright and even attribute the statement to them if need be? A driver's license is not proof of a plane ticket out or of legal status.