Smith Family Asking for Assistance

Loretta Smith

Loretta Smith is not taking the targeting of her son lightly.  She intends to reach out to the Professional Standards Branch of the Police Department and even the Commissioner of Police in an effort to get some relief.  

Loretta Smith, Mother of Akeem Smith

“We noh know weh dah di problem. We already di go through crisis right now dah Hattieville; lotta water, mud. We dah noh animal; we get tired – tired of everything. He wake me. Ma go talk to dehn police cause dah weh this police di bother me fah? So I get up.  I put on mi clothes and I come out, but I noh see ahn. I gone by the station and ih neva deh deh. So I come back home and I decide fi call unu. I want Mister Chester know and I want Mister Chester find out from this young man weh dah fi he problem because I don’t know.”

Akeem Smith

Akeem Smith, Claims Police Harassment

“Dehn beat me up every time dehn meet me dehn beat me up, dehn chance me. Go from yah, come outta Hattieville or else this dah di same thing weh wah ketch yo. I tke unu word. Every day I noh want wah man di beat me cause noh even my ma beat me.  My ma tell me one time weh fi do and I walk ‘round that because I noh like people beat me, I noh like ina entanglement. I easy fi get ignorant, I noh like this so this right yah di drustrtate me big time boss, I noh like this.  7:15 [a.m.] he di make chase after me.  Me noh deh out deh di try kill, rob or do nobody anything. Me deh out there clean with a bag with work clothes; cemente undershirt, cemente pants, cemente socks, everything ready fi switch off when I reach my jobsite to do an honest living. He di throw me off boss. Dehn beat me, dehn tell me move out. Move from Hattieville, go somewhere else go live or this wah stay ketch yo. I go dah Belmopan, he meet me dah Belmopan; move from Belmopan or else yo wah go back dah Hattieville cause this wah stay ketch yo. I go dah Corozal, Corozal police meet me. Go back dah Hattieville; we noh want yo yah. I noh know how to move forward. I gwen dah my jobsite this morning and I watch the police vehicle di come – I watch he – and he do me this every time, a million time of my life; he do me that. It might sound exaggerating, but he do me that every time, just to show you how high I have to exaggerate it. Just fi make false lie, unu di tell man weh I heng with, yeah he snitch pan you and you di roll with he, but still unu di tell me, tell me weh dehn di do. Weh unu want I do? Get killed? Dehn frustrate me boss. Nuff time I thing about run ina di traffic and kill myself.”