Walcott is first active cop to pen Bajan crime book
Article by December 29, 2020
A new book detailing major crimes in the South of the island has been published. The 144-page publication, entitled
Murders South of Paradise, was penned by Acting Superintendent of Police Roderic Walcott, who is a veteran cop in the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF). The book will be officially launched on December 29 at District “A”.
Walcott, a veteran lawman, is the first active cop to write and publish such a book. During an exclusive interview with
Barbados TODAY, the 53-year-old said he was extremely pleased with his more recent accomplishment.
the decision follows a press conference this week, where i joined eric gardner s mother, gwen carl, to demand justice for her son s brutal killing. and to urge the nypd to move forward after they had announced they would do so. now, joining me is eugene o donnell, a professor at john j. college of criminal justice, and brittney packny, a member of former president barack obama s 21st century police task force and also an activist i admire. let me start with you, eugene. four years later, we waited to see if the justice department would move. they wouldn t. the families said months ago, if not years, the police should go forward. they ve said now they will. now they ve expedited and said they would start immediately. but this is representative of the justice department and
in the back. police were in the area responding to a report of vandalism. in baton rouge, louisiana, police just released body footage showing officer blane salamoni threatening to kill alton sterling before fatally shooting him in 2016. the state announced it will not press charges against the officers involved in the shooting. joining me from john j. college, maya wiley senior vice president for social justice. jamil smith of rolling stone and eugene scott of the washington post. thank you all for being here. phillip, we re going to start with alton sterling because you have new information you just gleaned this morning. why don t you share that with us? that s right, joy. i was able to speak with two individuals associated with the baton rouge police department. this is in the broader context. whenever there s the investigation, we get the outcome, but wep often don t get transparency into the facts of
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highway. there s some areas that are protected with guardrails to protect bikers from traffic, there are some areas in this part of the city that are also protected against terrorist attack. we re not far from the world trade center. it s just a couple blocks away. again, the investigation continuing through the night on into tomorrow as new york recovers from this. stunned but, again, getting on with life as we know it here. and for those who know new york, west street as you go north becomes the west side highway. ron, it s a city trying too g i on with things but hard when it strikes normalcy, riding down a bike path. i m joined by eugene o donnell, now a professor of law and police studies at john j. college of criminal justice, and james cavanaugh, a retired special agent in charge for the atf and now an msnbc law enforcement analyst. jim, you and i were together on tv several hours ago when this news first broke. one of the interesting things