MINOR VIOLATOR

Posted on Monday, 29 August 2011 by JJ Bailey

The above apology was made and posted on Facebook by a teenager, who is the subject of a police investigation in relation to a previous video she had created.

In the video, which was initially posted on YouTube then on Facebook, the teenager hurled death threats, obscene, offensive, vulgar and racial remarks at Persad-Bissessar in relation to the declaration of a State of Emergency and curfew restrictions in certain communities.

The girl, in the first video which was created last week, had stated that she was born in 1986, but in fact is a 14-year-old secondary school form one pupil who lives in Cocorite.

She should have been among the first recipients of a laptop computer last year, a promise made on the campaign trail by the People's Partnership Government.

Yesterday, the teenager met with her Member of Parliament Amery Browne at her attorney's office at El Dorado Chambers, upper St Vincent Street, Port of Spain. She is being represented by attorney David West. She is expected to surrender herself to officers at the Port of Spain CID this week.

In her apology, which was also forwarded to the Facebook page of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, the teenager pleaded with persons to stop posting the previous video, which she regretted she created.

Browne said the teenager was undergoing tremendous emotional and psychological stress.

He said he was summoned into the Cocorite community where he met a severely traumatised child by the pressure brought on her by statements made by AG Ramlogan.

Browne called for the International Convention on the Rights of a Child to be observed.

"…This is not a gang leader; this is not any crime lord and so on. This is a minor. I am very concerned for her welfare and her safety at this time. She has apologised to the nation and to the Prime Minister and she has tried to make right and then she was met with a very abusive and cynical response from the Attorney General.

He added that the Government should be controlled rather than they seek to monitor and control content on social networking sites.

"I think the first priority will be to find ways to control this Attorney General and this Government as opposed to controlling bbm (Blackberry messenger) and Facebook because they are completely out of control at this time and we are seeing their deterioration day by day," Browne said.

"I could not sleep last night. I just want to say I am sorry to the Prime Minister (Kamla Persad-Bissessar) for insulting her like that. I am sorry for the language, I am sorry for all the racist stuff I said. I do not really care about racist things because I am not racist, I do not really look at it like that but I am just real sorry." The above apology was made and posted on Facebook by a teenager, who is the subject of a police investigation in relation to a previous video she had created. In the video, which was initially posted on YouTube then on Facebook, the teenager hurled death threats, obscene, offensive, vulgar and racial remarks at Persad-Bissessar in relation to the declaration of a State of Emergency and curfew restrictions in certain communities. The girl, in the first video which was created last week, had stated that she was born in 1986, but in fact is a 14-year-old secondary school form one pupil who lives in Cocorite. She should have been among the first recipients of a laptop computer last year, a promise made on the campaign trail by the People's Partnership Government. Yesterday, the teenager met with her Member of Parliament Amery Browne at her attorney's office at El Dorado Chambers, upper St Vincent Street, Port of Spain. She is being represented by attorney David West. She is expected to surrender herself to officers at the Port of Spain CID this week. In her apology, which was also forwarded to the Facebook page of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, the teenager pleaded with persons to stop posting the previous video, which she regretted she created. Browne said the teenager was undergoing tremendous emotional and psychological stress.

He said he was summoned into the Cocorite community where he met a severely traumatised child by the pressure brought on her by statements made by AG Ramlogan. Browne called for the International Convention on the Rights of a Child to be observed. "…This is not a gang leader; this is not any crime lord and so on. This is a minor. I am very concerned for her welfare and her safety at this time. She has apologised to the nation and to the Prime Minister and she has tried to make right and then she was met with a very abusive and cynical response from the Attorney General.

"I do not accept the very abusive posture of the Attorney General towards this minor. If you talk to her, if you look at her, she is completely traumatised. This is not the way the state should treat with any minor," Browne said. He added that the Government should be controlled rather than they seek to monitor and control content on social networking sites. "I think the first priority will be to find ways to control this Attorney General and this Government as opposed to controlling bbm (Blackberry messenger) and Facebook because they are completely out of control at this time and we are seeing their deterioration day by day," Browne said.

Source: Trinidad Express