Dear Editor,
When I worked on Aruba and Curaçao many years ago the mentality of the people was that police “ran things”. Honestly speaking, that was understandable, because the police were in charge of making sure that law and order is maintained. Notwithstanding this, the police are also held accountable. Even though politicians make the laws they too had/have to obey the law. In short nobody is above the law. History has borne this out, because over the years many ĺeaders of government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have been indicted and also incarcerated.
I started this letter this way because some people are telling me that I can write about all the junk that our people in government are doing, but that I cannot deny that police are worse than ever. Let me put it this way. I hear a lot of negative things about the police, but I cannot write hearsay. But I would write here what I always say. I will not put anything black on white that I cannot swear to.
Even though I would be a hypocrite to say that I do not see all those illegal lights that all kinds of motor vehicles are driving around with. Heavy equipment as well as regular motorvehicles and with blue, green, yellow and even red lights in the front of cars as well as motorbikes coming in opposite direction. So if I can see it, I believe that the police can also see it, because this has been going on for a long time. And there is no way that those in charge of the police can claim that they are not aware of this.
These lights are lit on those vehicles night and day. So ĺet me put it this way. I am sure that all the leaders in government have a driver's license and I am also sure that all of them have seen these cars with illegal lighting. So would I be out of place to state that they too are irresponsible? I do not believe that anyone of them would have the effrontery to claim that they do not know what I'm writing about.
Russell A. Simmons
