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Tobago is a racially tense place at the moment. The brutal murder of German couple Hubertus Keil, 74, and Birgid Keil, 71, was followed by a travel advisory in Germany about the threat of violence on the “Sister Isle” while other foreigners in Tobago complained about feeling intimidated, discriminated against and marginalised.
So, to calm things down, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) sent over an officer who, allegedly, cannot complete a 12 minute plane trip without causing a racial confrontation. In fact, the damn plane barely had time to warm its engines.
ACP Peter Reyes, according the Sunday Express, allegedly told flight attendants that they were picking on him for using his cell phone because he is “black”; thereby, ironically, racially abusing himself.
Mr Live Wire has a few questions:
A) Was Reyes on Icelandic Airlines and the only bar of chocolate in a sea of vanilla?
B) Were there a handful of white passengers talking into their phones in the next aisle?
C) Or is Reyes exactly the type of small-minded, chip-carrying, confrontational idiot that you do not put into situations which require diplomacy?
Answers:
A) Reyes was on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Piarco International to Crown Point, so there seems little valid reason for him to feel culturally or ethnically disoriented and displaced.
B) There was no mention by the flight attendants or Reyes of anyone else violating the rules. And, if there were unruly white passengers, he might have shot or arrested them.
C) Well, let’s just say that there is no “none of the above” on this particular test.
To promote Reyes to the top law enforcement post in Tobago—an island that has not totally shaken off the “Calcutta Ship” slur during the last THA Election campaign—is like sending your wife to DJ Lurbz for marital counselling. Neither man apparently knows when to shut up, switch off devices or respect other person(s) in the cabin.
So the officer entrusted with shutting down serious crime in Tobago does not know how to switch off a cell phone? The fellah expected to provide confidence and security to tourists thinks white people can get away with anything?
If God is a Trini, then he is definitely a satirist.
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“Didn’t know how to turn off my phone” after the fact !!!!! is only a distraction from what really should concern us all, which is his RACIAL remarks and NOT following procedures that may have put innocent lives at risk !!!!!!!!!!!!
D man is an idiot. Nuff said.
This situation should never have occurred. By his actions and his inability to turn off his cell phone, ACP Reyes poses a risk to national security. However, any follow-up to this event must ensure that national security is not compromised in any way.
well for every pound of rumour there is an ounce of truth,the man is ambitious,unprincipled and sees him self as a rising star,if this happens ,expect a climate of negativism developing and the filth be sprewing non stop
That attitude is the norm in the TTPS i.e. they are a law unto themselves.
He’s just a plain idiot.
I hope to God not.
Lol@ denzel face. They flew him over by helicopter, it cost $40,000 an hour to fly the chopper. Waste of tax payers money again.
Doesn’t know how to turn off a phone..but eminently qualified for the post of ACP
lord put a hand ,i have just read the sunshine newspapers tonight and i understand our good friend,P .E .A,is seen as a prospective canidate for the Senate ,the gates of hell have just been opened ,who let the dog lose ,trouble and worries now,15 mins of fame .is this true please confirm for me
ACP Reyes was recently the head of thr Professional Standards Bureau. Im sure he had his officers governed by the principle that there’s no authority without accountability.
He was on his way to assume the higest police position in Tobago, ostensibly to terminate or at least curtail crime. If he could not turn off his phone, a simple task, how would he reduce crime?
That he could not comply with a simple instruction leaves me questioning his suitabilty to lead his team.
He further disappointed, when he played the race card at a time when it least appeared applicable.
Pse retire him.
He is an embarrassment to the service.
Remember to prefer charges against him for his breach of the Civil Aviation code
So Simon Teixeira, they all working with the crime buster in Chag?… Poetic justice or wha? We look for that ent
Law is law,and we should all abide or face lawlessness,the upholders of the law should set the examples,so all will follow.if the cell phone could not be turn off,simple get someone who could turn it off,might seems to be right in his case,got thing we doh like breast and thighs.He worked in Tobago before,i don’t know if he took the ferry or plane,but ignorance of the law is no excuse,ent.
Steupz everything is racism eh gosh…from d time u entering a plane u should know to turn off yuh blasted cell phone
Wha a jackass
… DISGUSTING !!! … and he’s in authority ??? :/ …
Question: f you have answered your mobile and NOT turned it off (or DON’T KNOW HOW TO!) can it ring again a second and third time?Just asking…
If he can teach his officers how to solve a crime, I will teach him how to turn off a cell phone. That’s a deal; take it or leave it!
Didn’t Glen Ramadharsingh get fired for same…
Simon Teixeira may be he ran out of words and the only thing to come to his mind is using the race card,which is tragic and we all to put this ghost of race to rest in trinidad,it will eventually destroy our country,a crass act by an unrepentant sinner.the licks he is getting should teach hima lesson diplomacy is a powerful tool which has never been exausted.
Would you want your Doctor or lawyer behaving like that?
All I know is that actions reflect thoughts and feelings.
There are times i fly with in some 6 seater aircraft ,going on official duty in the grenadines and the pilot ask you to take off your communication devices and we obey,at time you met turbulence ,a simple flight just to take it off, his ego was dented you don’t know who i am the new boss in tobago,what a fools paradise .the commissioner of police in tobago has landed
He should resign. ….bad manners
What Commissioner ? Surely you jest ? Minister of National Security is more like it.
That’s the rule once they tell you switch off all phones you switch off. What is racial about that. The rules and regulations are for all. Black white green yellow fat skinny tall short educated dunce alllllllll people.
ACP Reyes had a moment I’m sure he will want to forget and like yesterday, I’m certain he will want all of us to do same. As this is such a poor example of responsible and mature leadership/behaviour for such a high ranking law enforcement officer.
Having said that, it is possible to be racist against your own people I suppose.
I don’t think being asked to switch off your phone is a Rodney King moment though. He has probably made it harder for people who really suffer racist abuse.
By the way he is just the tip of the iceberg
Its all the regulations, unions, and associations protecting the ills in our society. Clearly this man need to be be replaced…he will one day be Commissioner, mmark my words
Only in Trinidad does the heads get on retarded
Amazing Trinidad
Hahahahaha
I was also informed that one of the airline attendants is of mixed race one being African.
Philip Ignacio SC, I think it is standard in all airlines that you switch off all electronic devices on take off. You can sometimes turn them back on at 10,000 feet.
So because your job is ah POLECEEEE … yuh could do anything and nobody could stop you…and you wonder why people are so lawless in T & T.
—”is like sending your wife to DJ Lurbz for marital counselling. Neither man apparently knows when to shut up, switch off devices or respect other person(s) in the cabin.” hahahahahahaha still laughing
” The database showed 75 events over the past seven years in which
interferences occurred that pilots and engineers think are linked to
cellphones or other electronic devices.
And even in airplane
mode, a smartphone still emits some electromagnetic radiation, as do
devices that can’t connect to the internet, such as MP3 players.” Want
to take the chance ? Be my guest.
I am passing judgement, he is a buffoon, unsuitable, Inept and one of the many reasons why basic policing in Trinidad and Tobago is going nowhere. We refuse to call a spade a spade a spade and an ass an ass.
What bull shit is that
if you cannot obey simple instruction,how can you expect to give instructions and be a leader? he has demonstrated his lack of leadership skills, peters principle,a promotion from competency to incompetence,he has reached the limit of his abilities.1st impressions are lasting
Ah guess the Ag COP like the PM he accepted the reasoning “at this time” like Larry howai
The PM & the ag COP waiting
Savitri just saying that the proof is there that cell phone does not affect an aircraft navigational systems as once thought.
Philip, does not apply to CAL, if they tell yuh turn it off, you turn it off.
Too many asses in high places lol
the man is just foolish and plain stupid and according to what i read wants to take legal action
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebertobias/2014/12/05/how-you-can-use-your-cell-phone-on-airplanes-when-you-travel/
Lol … That last line though Lasana lololol … As a Tobagonian I feel safe already :/
well the comedians will have a field day about a big hard back man ,who can’t switch of his phone.ask somebody or take the battery out. the learning curve has been lengthened ,it is not curved any more. what an excuse any primary school child can open your phone and close it back. when we see angels dancing on a pinhead i will believe his story.
an absolute disgrace and now wants to take legal action imagine that you wrong and wants to play strong,this story beats all cock fight. put the man before a tribunal for bringing the service into disrepute and discreditable conduct. This is not unprecedented. A constable was dismissed when he intercepted the motorcade of a former prime minister. There must be no coverup.