Shooting victim, Stephen Buckley needs your help
Many will recall that Steven Buckley was shot during a police operation dubbed “Restore Confidence” on the night of April twenty seventh off Faber’s road in Belize City. Buckley, who has had a trying time in meeting bills will receive further assistance from Robinson to help him and his family. But Buckley has always wanted to return to his job as a mason. While he has surprised many with his swift improvements over the past four months, he still has a long way to go and right now is in need of your assistance in order that he can undergo a series of tests.
Steven Buckley, needs financial help
“This right hand still di give me problems still yet. Right now I need fi get some x-ray right now fi it and ah noh di get di money fi get it neither.”
Joel “Dara” Robinson, planning fundraiser for Steven Buckley
“Ah wah try continue fi bring thing fi ah because ah noh see ah wah lee while and when ah see ah ah still see di man di struggle and thing and yoh cud hear ih mah di tell yoh dat dehn got lotta test fi ih goh do right now and ih noh even have di finance. Soh I beg di Police Force too, dah unu put di youth eena di situation. Man, unu have to try help ah man betta than this because dah wah man weh thanks by the miracle ah God ih di survive. Dah man hurt ah, dah dehn fi di help ah, yoh understand. The only thing, I di try help ah wid lee food and thing cause I noh have finance and thing dehn kinda way. But one ah these days weh ah wah do with Buckley, ah ah talk to di family and ah wah try do wah big big fundraiser fi di man and try bring it to the front and try do it fi mek ih get some help because I noh like see ah like dis. Dis dah mi wah bredda weh always deh pan di move, always excited, he give yoh wah spirit fi want do thing, yoh know?”
Recently, the Belizeans for Justice Movement helped Buckley’s four children with school supplies and uniforms.
I do realized that Buckley is incapable of working at the moment, and that there are bills to pay, and kids to feed.
There is no money going into the home at the moment, and free food and money will not always come or come too late.
why is the wife not looking for a job to help support her family.
she can go to the news station and ask the public for jobs.
@maddyv…, that man was working so hard he was leaving work when that stupid a.. police shot him,. Work is hard to find and it is not his wife duty to go to the media and BEG for help. Its the police duty to HELP the family, there are the one who have him in that situation What the police department should do is stop taking up for there own and be reponsible we need justice in Belize, and if the police department is not showing it then how the hell do we expect better………
Mr. Buckley needs to sue…weh di good lawyers at? Do a courtesy run, no?
This rough….Dara….u di man…with the little u have, you try to help everyone…the Lord will bless u
The Police shot him & if we believe the Policeman, it was an accident, he was on the job & his employer, the BPD, the GOB & the people of Belize are liable, pay his bills. Dickie, use your connections & that ability to dazzle with BS, this time you even have truth & proof on your side, get this man a commitment from the government to restore him back to as close as he can get to 100% & get him a monetary settlement.
Maddy, get off this woman’s .., she did not bring this on herself. She has a decent man which gave her the option to stay home & raise their children & through no fault of theirs, their circumstances changed, under other circumstances I would agree with you but the police & government must set an example & do right by this man.
This guy got to sue the Police Dept, they already said that they would help him. Where is the help. Start taking money out the Police account or retirement account that he is due. This man is an innocent victim of a Police operation gone wrong. Accidents like that shouldn’t happen biut we have trigger happy cops. Pay up and take responsibility POLICE!
The Government of Belize is obligated to support this young man financially.He wasn’t out there stealing.He was out there working to support his family.Respect to the young man Dara for his good intentions to assist this man however the Government needs to take responsibility for this man’s situation.If this incident had took place in any other Country the Government and the Police dept would have gotten sued.
i agree with maddy now is the time for her (wife) to do something and Mr. Buckley should talk with a lawyer who is willing to work with him for justice ontil a settlement
Stephen was an innocent man shot by a police officer, and we have all expressed our anger and frustration over this matter.. and it is only fair that he is compensated, but till then, what?
We can continue to blame the police for this unfortunate act till the end of time, this will leave little or no room to do nothing about his situation, reality remains not in the shadows but in the forefront, and they must be responsible for the life they still have.
Bills need to be paid, kids need education, house need food, medical bills need to be paid.who is going to pay this man bills and take care of his family for the rest of his life (possibly) not me and certainly not the rest of us here on this board.
abvioulsy this family need much more than a stay at home mom right now, unfortunate things do happend to people and lives changed, but we need to find solutions, we need to find a way to live, and to take care of our own responsibilites.
She need to get a job until there is stable flow of money going into that household, or beter yet be a working mom.
“Sometimes in life we have to decide weather we prefer to be a victim for the rest of our lives or a survivor.”
Maddy, having spent a lot of time with Combat veterans & their families including those of the deceased, it took time & actually listening to them to move beyond the assumption that we can all pick up the pieces & move on without help. Having a decent education gives some of us a leg up. We are assuming that this woman is doing nothing to try to bring in income. Depending on her skills, her options are limited but what I will tell you I have seen in this area on my visits home & what I know from experience while living there, many women subsidize their spouse’s income by selling food or performing domestic chores for others which does not generate enough to cover what the primary breadwinner’s was making.
When I look at a young man whose father was injured in combat, whose family survived on subsidies for years, who was able to use what little they had to make it to Med School, a Vet who returned from death’s door like Stephen, started with nothing & now has a PhD in Economics & whose wife who was a teen mom now has her Masters Degree. Even though I agree that we should pull up our own boot straps, some people have no boots. & without help would not know where to begin. What Stephen & his wife are doing, by staying in our faces & reminding the Police that they must meet their obligations is the right strategy.
If the Government paying him off, lifts one family out of the cycle of poverty & triggers the need for a better trained Police force, then this was worth it.