00:00On Friday around 4 p.m., police responded to reports that 50-year-old Joel Plaza of Maturita Trace Extension,
00:07Arima, was shot and killed outside of his home.
00:10This, along with the murder of McDonnell Bailey and Degon Martin, subsequently pushed the country's murder toll for the year
00:18to 100, compared to 98 for the same period in 2025.
00:23Commenting on the continued crime scourge, Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander says there is somewhat of a shifting trend.
00:31I know it might be difficult to say this, but if the police really decide to put out in the
00:40public domain the information that we have about murders, very few of it will be gamulated.
00:48The behavior of some citizens, the anger, the frustration, the hurt,
01:04and most of all, the control of property is resulting in a lot of these things taking place.
01:13He believes society has deviated from love and respect and has become preoccupied with materialistic things.
01:21There are some murders down south. Everybody say, why the man dead? Land issues. Between family, you know, persons are
01:31being shot for money.
01:36Homes, cars. We have become a materialized society.
01:44Minister Alexander again cites parenting as a major contributor to rising crime.
01:49He says it is also leading to the misbehavior being seen in schools, including drug use.
01:56You're still asking how it ended up in the school.
01:58And you're still asking how the child getting involved in the smoking of drugs.
02:01When he's sitting home, and daddy might turn him, oh, oh, roger, just go and bring that for me now,
02:07boy.
02:07Bring that thing on, somebody's conked out there for me.
02:09Huh? Are we thinking about these things at all?
02:12What about the gun? The gun's in the home.
02:15Hey, I hear no noise outside. Bring the gun for me.
02:17That's a legal firearm. When the police come in, your children see you hiding it.
02:21Alexander is stating the old adage, charity begins at home and ends abroad.
02:26And he's urging parents to caution their children about who they associate with.
02:31Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
02:34It's.
02:35I'm having you.
02:36Thanks, guys.
02:36Bye.
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