Cops arrest man in bank heist

Thanks, but they have.  Why does everyone state the obvious on these blogs

Yes, let us only arrest and imprison expats for crimes. Caymans can go free

You have the entire situation backward. The draconian police state with foreign officers is not the problem. Parenting or lack there of and faulty education system are the core problems which produce young people who have no respect for people or society.

The extended family that ignore the youth that are going astray are not blameless as well.

In response to: Anonymous on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 08:32.   You said: {and I quote} The real issue here is that society has bred and condones criminal behavior.  There are people in this society who have no values, who respect no one including themselves and who are now imposing their will on others by using violence and the fear of violence.  It's the way they were raised, or allowed to be raised by their parents and the society around them.  They were not taught discipline, the value of work, self esteem and respect and were left alone rather than held accountable for their deviant actions and received little, if any corrective action during those formative years. {end of quote}     Here, I am assuming two things, 1. That you are a Caymanian, and 2. You consider yourself a part the society of which you speak ! And, assuming my assumptions are correct, So let me ask you! What have you done to help alleviate the situation. Probably Nothing! Let me give you a little bit of history as to how and why we [meaning the Cayman Islands ] have reached the "untenable state" in which we find ourselves today. Socially, Politically and Otherwise! You speak of those days when men [myself included] went to sea and traveled all over the world and, how most of us, who, with little or no formal education,  were able to excel in whatever job we were assigned, and did to the point where men with minimal education [6th standard] were able to {thanks to dedicated teachers of the time} return home as Captains, Engineers, Chefs, Radio Operators etc. etc. and became known throughout the world for our abilities as seamen. Today we send many of our  kids to University and  many return home with Bachelors, Masters, M.Ds etc. but are often ignored by those  politicians who should be pushing to assist them in their chosen field of work, be it Public or Private Sector. But, I am not very hopeful that this will happen unless we change and improve  the system from what it is today. What I'm trying  to say here is that nine times out of ten when a young educated person "Caymanian" applies for a job and goes for an interview, the interviewer {public or private sector} is more than likely a Foreign National  who more than likely {because they knew about the position long before it was published in a news paper} has been in touch with some friend or relative whom they will insist to their Boss is the best person for the job, thus the young Caymanian is left in the cold not just disappointed but sometimes angry,especially when they see all the foreign nationals that are employed doing exactly the kind of jobs they themselves  are capable of doing, and in some cases may even have applied for. These are the reasons some young people become crazy and do the things, for which you are blaming their parents.!   Now Sir,  Madame!  Can you name for me any country in the world where the following    major official bodies are in the control of Foreign Nationals?   1. Judiciary:  2. Police:  3. Health:  4. Social Services:  YUP!  Cayman   And in Private Sector: 5. Banking:  6. Hotels Tourism:  7. Real Estate Sales: and so on and so on.   UH HUH! Cayman again.   Yet we have Caymanians who are very capable of holding most of these positions but were never given the opportunity to prove themselves. Now! Because you may be one of the fortunate "or unfortunate depending on how one sees it" to have steady employment and a decent salary you now feel it necessary to blame parents who must both work to maintain some semblance of  a normal life, and cannot afford to have caretakers for their kids and who themselves must take night time jobs to help make ends meet, thus unable  "as much as they would like" to spend more time  with those kids who one day {even after getting a good education} will get discouraged because they are being ignored  by a Government which has no concept as to why these young Caymanians have  become so angry and vengeful.   Yes I agree that like any other society we have some young people who have gone astray but that does not mean we have to give up on them.  We must have training programs to assist them when they come out of prison and give them another chance to make it right for themselves and society.  What we need are laws that prevents employers  from  using a minor offence to avoid hiring qualified young people. Back in the day when we had Caymanian Magistrates a lot of us kids went to court for things like  taking a few guinips or a few mangoes without asking. So we had to answer to a local magistrate who was empathetic  and saw potential in us, and he would remind us, that he knew our parents, and knew that they were good honest people and that they would never condone nor encourage such things as those for which we were now before the Courts. We were not called names nor put down by the Magistrate, but were encouraged to do better.   So let me  say that "I am" in agreement that we have a problem with crime but the problem cannot be laid solely at the feet of the parents. we all have to contribute to the betterment of society and we must admit that we all bear some responsibility for what is happening to our Island. And our leadership must admit that there is within the Government  some elements that contribute to malaise we feel because of what we see happening and that could be prevented if we all screamed for justice.   Let me name  one thing {the numbers game]  that is totally illegal in cayman, yet  some of the wealthiest people on the Island are people in the numbers game and openly carry on business but no one is ever arrested and or taken to court. Yet you never hear any politician talk about these things. We read about illegal waste of Govt. Funds. we read about illegal imports, we read about politicians under investigations for alleged  circumvention of rules and regulations. So don't be surprised when hopeless young people  see these things happening with no  consequences  They emulate those who are our so called leaders and should be setting examples for them. Whatever those examples are.   OH  WELL!

One of the best posts on here...wish I could "like" it twice.

you are a true heroe...... i'm sure you will recieve an award of some type from the caymanian government.......

Thank you so much for your quick thinking action. Due to your action we may well get some bank robbers put away.

shoot with what?

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. The robbers are not murdering you, idiot. Obviously your life is a great deal more danger in Jamaica.

And I'd like to "know my neighbor's wife in my tent"

At this rate these idiots will soon understand they shouldn't be robbing banks.

Probably via Hover craft!   How else would it get there?