Marigot Males Urge Justice For The ‘Boss’

Some Marigot males are in mourning over the fatal police shooting of Maxwell Leo, alias ‘Hennessy’ on Saturday, with one declaring that the deceased’s name will live on for a long time. Reporters interviewed a group of distraught young men who had gathered outside the deceased’s home on Monday. Speaking anonymously, a youth who appeared to be in his teens told reporters the deceased was a ‘community leader’ who cared for ‘the boys’. “The man used to take care of us. Everybody hurting for the time deh. We want justice dere for de boss,” the youngster, whom we shall call John Doe declared. “Police always lifting up gun and shooting us. Dem people playing like dey always have the right to just kill us for no reason and nothing for that in Saint Lucia,” Doe told reporters. Police described Leo as a ‘notorious criminal’. But Doe said the deceased was a loving individual, always loyal, always real, and never fake. “He was holding all of us together. Now deh, you take one of us, what you expect us to do? How you expect us to feel?” He asked. According to Doe, while Leo was alive, ‘the boys’ lacked nothing. Another...