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White cops killing black men ‘every other week’ - Skelton-Cline

- calls on Virgin Islanders to speak out against injustice in the US
The killing of 20-year-old African American, Daunte Wright in Minneapolis on April 11, 2021, was described by police as accidental however the death has since sparked unrest in the USA. Photo: Internet Source
In the Virgin Islands (VI) however, Honestly Speaking radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline on the Tuesday, April 13, 2021, edition of his Honestly Speaking show has called on Virgin Islanders to take notice of the crimes against blacks in other countries and to speak out against injustices regardless of where it happens. Photo: VINO/File
In the Virgin Islands (VI) however, Honestly Speaking radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline on the Tuesday, April 13, 2021, edition of his Honestly Speaking show has called on Virgin Islanders to take notice of the crimes against blacks in other countries and to speak out against injustices regardless of where it happens. Photo: VINO/File
Police released bodycam footage which has rocked the Minneapolis suburb miles from where George P. Floyd was killed during a police arrest in May 2020 and sparked widespread protests and a spate of resignations. Photo: Internet Source
Police released bodycam footage which has rocked the Minneapolis suburb miles from where George P. Floyd was killed during a police arrest in May 2020 and sparked widespread protests and a spate of resignations. Photo: Internet Source
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The killing of 20-year-old African American, Daunte Wright in Minneapolis on April 11, 2021, was described by police as accidental; however, the death has since sparked unrest.

During a traffic stop, a white police officer may have intended to fire a Taser, instead, she fired a gun which resulted in the young man dying of the single gunshot wound.

Protests sparked in Minneapolis

Since then, the Minneapolis Police Department has released bodycam footage which has rocked the Minneapolis suburb miles from where George P. Floyd Jr was killed during a police arrest in May 2020 and sparked widespread protests and police resignations.

In the Virgin Islands (VI); however, Honestly Speaking radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline, on the Tuesday, April 13, 2021, edition of his Honestly Speaking show, called on Virgin Islanders to take notice of the crimes against blacks in other countries and to speak out against injustices regardless of where it happens.

“It doesn't matter your ethnic background, your skin colour, when we see what's taking place in the United States of America… we have to think and look more closely and commit to doing something as individuals and as a people, as it relates to how is it every other day, every other week… some black man's life, in particular, is being taken at the hands of white police officers,” he said.

White supremacy fueling crimes - Skelton-Cline 

Skelton-Cline said in the US there is a system of white supremacy that allows police to carry out certain acts while being empowered by the state.

He urged Virgin Islanders to not be afraid to speak on certain matters since injustices can affect everyone regardless of where it happens.

“It was Martin Luther King who said injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere and the reason why I'm bringing it before the ears and the eyes of the people of these Virgin Islands is because you and I are impacted,” he said.

“You and I have to see, have to make some commitment, must raise our level of protest about what's taking place in the US,” Skelton-Cline said.

Officer involved resigned

So far in the case of the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, Kim Potter, the police officer who fired the fatal shot, as well as the city's police chief Tim Gannon, resigned, the Minneapolis mayor announced Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

52 Responses to “White cops killing black men ‘every other week’ - Skelton-Cline ”

  • bvi (14/04/2021, 10:33) Like (51) Dislike (3) Reply
    Why is this guy trying to put a racial divide on the BVI? Inst he a man of the church that is meant to love everyone and teach equality
    • W*F (14/04/2021, 15:04) Like (14) Dislike (5) Reply
      MISTER, YOUR own people killing each other every 10 seconds...so, when will YOU address and fix that problem FIRST
      • Honkey (14/04/2021, 17:42) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
        When yall all gone. Sorry POS!
      • @wtf (14/04/2021, 19:37) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
        Look at the mass killings in the US. Remember the 2 mass killings of the young kids in the school because the mother purchased a collection of guns for her son. #2- don’t forget the Columbine mass killing either. Who and what people were killing each other in those cases?.
        So before you make your snide remarks about u-all kill each other, you people are in the mix as well. Next time you make snide racist comments, keep that in your mister magic mind!
    • Common Sense (15/04/2021, 07:04) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      Man of the cloth, I can assure you god wants no part of a man like him.
    • safe (15/04/2021, 09:49) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
      If some dude got killed this week we good for another week then. Cool.
  • fat boy (14/04/2021, 10:41) Like (5) Dislike (24) Reply
    But in the bvi the governor’s office is the symbol of white supremacy and racism now go talk that rubber duck!
    • lol (14/04/2021, 15:13) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      Yeah Fat boy let Rubber Duck go talk that.
    • Rubber Duck (14/04/2021, 17:29) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
      In your biased view it may be. Few would see it like that.
    • fatty (16/04/2021, 13:29) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Yo Albert. U think 30k with chkn sht educate and training be the best law enforcement over 55m in uk? Bvi got a bunch of lemmings gone voting. Enjoy the fall to rocks by shark bay.
  • black power (14/04/2021, 10:42) Like (5) Dislike (15) Reply

    Ranking and Mathews better not try that s**t in the bvi

    • Lolmaoo (15/04/2021, 05:16) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
      Dont think there that foolish....with precious possession like rubber duck ...lol
  • Rubber Duck (14/04/2021, 10:43) Like (3) Dislike (20) Reply
    White lives matter not blacks
    • Rubber Duck (14/04/2021, 13:38) Like (3) Dislike (6) Reply
      Like I would say that idiot. All lives matter.
    • blm (14/04/2021, 13:38) Like (8) Dislike (5) Reply

      Lots of bloggers have figured out that impersonating "Rubber Duck" can be lots of fun. I am going to suggest that this commenter is not THE Rubber Duck but an impersonator who is making a deliberately inflammatory comment.

      To be clear BLACK LIVES MATTER. For the idiots out there who say "All lives matter" I like to remind them that "Save the Whale" doesnt mean "%&* All the other Fish".

      • Rubber Duck (14/04/2021, 17:23) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
        @blm He certainly is an impersonator. Not sure about you save the whale analogy. All of this differentiation is not good imho. Setting races apart does not help in my opinion and extreme actions and gestures tend to alienate those who would otherwise be sympathetic. Those who say “ all lives matter “ are not idiots nor do they necessarily have a different agenda.
      • wtf? (15/04/2021, 09:54) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
        Because whales aren’t fish! Man, there are some stupid people.
    • No (15/04/2021, 05:14) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      But melanin does ...rubber duck ur cause and aim is already dead ..be careful the path u tread...words from the wise..
    • He fake (15/04/2021, 09:53) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      I don’t think that rubber duck comment came from the original rubber duck. Someone playing games.
  • BVISLANDER, MIN (14/04/2021, 10:58) Like (19) Dislike (27) Reply
    Mr. Pastor, the female officer made a grave judgement in error. The young man mother is white and his father is black. He had a outstanding warrant and he jump in the patrol car to flee with the patrol car, the female officer mistakenly grab her gun thinking it was her taser gun and when he was shot, he took off in the patrol car. Her body cam shows the whole thing from begging to end. It is sad but the young man should have never try to take off with the patrol car. For the warrant that he had, they would have taken him in and he would have been released the next day on bail untill his court date.
    • Idiot (14/04/2021, 12:50) Like (21) Dislike (8) Reply
      Where did you see or read that he took off in the patrol car.. his girlfriend got injured when he collapsed from the shot in his own car not the patrol car . Stop spreading wrong news..
    • Not Fooled (14/04/2021, 19:07) Like (56) Dislike (2) Reply
      And you believe the outcome was an accident? There were other officers tackling the guy, why the f did she think she had to fire even a taser? She could even have injured the other officers. This was reckless behavior and she should be charged with 2nd degree murder or manslaughter.
  • soon come (14/04/2021, 12:06) Like (5) Dislike (11) Reply

    when the uk franchise begin seeping into our enforcement system we will find out: a bad habit is hard to break: the police woman after 26 years active duty and can not tell the difference between her teaser and her hand gun after 26 years(yea right).....ni***er hunting!!!!!

  • See (14/04/2021, 12:36) Like (52) Dislike (3) Reply
    And 97 cops have been killed on duty the past year . Have you ever heard their name ? Have you ever heard the names of the children shot in Chicago every week ? Just because you wear a suit does not make you intelligent or informed . Try not drinking the cool aid . All lives matter unless you yourself are a racist .
  • CHAK. (14/04/2021, 12:49) Like (18) Dislike (2) Reply
    I really don't know what this PATOR wants. Brother go and preach the souls about the gospel.
    Make up your mind, are you pastor or a politician.
  • Plane Ticket (14/04/2021, 13:28) Like (17) Dislike (3) Reply
    We will gladly pay for a one-way ticket to Minneapolis for you to speak out for all of us about the injustice. Just promise to stay there until racism is a thing of the past. Don't come back until then! Make it right. They need your help. We don't. Stop hotting up the airwaves!
  • Ok Pastor (14/04/2021, 13:47) Like (15) Dislike (2) Reply
    You also have to instill in the people, if the police stop them warrant or not don’t run, if the police stop them, don’t be mouthing off and cursing at the police. I bet if all the police in the BVI was armed, they would think twice about running off or mouthing off at the police. You all hate the police so much, don’t call them when you are in trouble or need assistance, handle it on your own.
    • @Ok Pastor (15/04/2021, 00:16) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      Is just how the system set they are not really for us they against us...they will keep brainwashing you guys instesd feed you with the truth they know what id right but they too much caught up in the white man system..All police forces are operated by white men what are the black men doing?? Getting spoon feed by these white men when are they gonna take a step forward and do what is right to help save their own kind!?..That's why we as the younger generation will never get along with them it is just unfair and we see it with our own eyes who want to act blind can act blind but this is reality and we need to see the dark side behind those cops...they trying to clean up the black off the streets so wa happen to the white man them they so perfect?? They rather use a gun to end your life and that is so wrong! No One Should Take Anybody Lives...Whether You White/Black So Stop It!!!

      ~FREEDOM DOESN'T EXIST IF NATURE IS ILLEGAL
  • Rubber Duck (14/04/2021, 14:31) Like (12) Dislike (5) Reply
    Always trying to stir up trouble this man.

    US cops shoot a lot of people , none of which is good..

    In 2020, they shot and killed 169 Hispanics, 241 blacks and 457 whites.

    As we have seen US cops are far too ready to reach for their guns.
  • wow (14/04/2021, 15:21) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    And You CSC just blindsiding the BVI Residents by not disclosing exactly what You are being paid to do( consultantation on What?) You putting Your Mouth in every Pot except That!
  • usa (14/04/2021, 15:42) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why on earth is this being reported in local news where there is no such problem in the BVI? Perhaps this is what the 'paid consultant' of the 'cloth' is getting at? We should all be grateful?
  • hello (14/04/2021, 17:31) Like (16) Dislike (4) Reply
    CSC what race kill Rodney & bob clean your own backyard first all you doing is peaching hate you need to for god in heaven sake go setdown
  • Payroll (14/04/2021, 17:47) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    stop fussing because the preacher man strings are being pulled you on here fussing and the preacher man smiling all the way to the bank. his business associates are white men and women
  • Jerry Teeler (14/04/2021, 18:06) Like (4) Dislike (14) Reply
    Dude you just don’t know what you’re talking about. Basic rule young black (and others) guys (and girls)....follow police instructions, keep your hands visible, answer only questions asked of you politely, don’t jump back in your car, and don’t reach for anything. This will stop almost all police involved shootings. Just sayin.
    • Jerry Teeler (15/04/2021, 10:06) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
      All the above is correct but your logic takes us to this disgusting conclusion: if black people do not follow your basic rules, the death penalty should be expected.
      Cop being judge, jury and executioner is fine with you? Why don't you just save time and take away the whole legal system?
      These Fox News justifications are constructed with sick logic that perpetuates what we can all see.
    • Ordman (16/04/2021, 00:19) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      Just stay outta the US. You be safe then.
  • NB (14/04/2021, 18:52) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    Claude, you need to step out of the church, give up your title as a man of God. There is absolutely nothing good that comes out your mouth. Every time you are featured in the news it's pure pi$$ and bs you are talking. And I wonder to myself sometimes, this cannot be true. I refuse to believe that one person is this ignorant and hateful and unkind. If there are more people like you in church, I rather go to the dancehall. Imagine you have the opportunity to create unity, instead you divide. You must be serving a different God.
  • enough (14/04/2021, 19:35) Like (7) Dislike (2) Reply
    Stop trying to incite racial hatred.
  • @ CSC (14/04/2021, 20:10) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
    WELL ITS ACCORDING TO HIS GOSPEL AND AM SURPRISED HE DIDN'T ASK ( CAN I GET AN AMEN SOMEBODY
  • Hmmm (14/04/2021, 21:11) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    This man is a disgrace to us locals.
  • Guest (15/04/2021, 05:48) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    This man becoming such a disgrace to the pulpit it ain't even funny......
  • It is sad. (15/04/2021, 08:51) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply
    It is sad, judging from the conclusion from at least 90% of the comments herein, that Black lives are irrelivant, unimportant and better off dead.

    That is a sad testimony to human kind.
  • BoyOBOY (15/04/2021, 10:40) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Claude Skelton Cline,
    God is NOT an author of confusion. He is a God of peace. Keep out of America business go and pray for Tortola.
  • @ WTF (16/04/2021, 12:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    SOME PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TINIEST GRAIN OF SAND IN OTHER PEOPLES EYE A MILLION MILES AWAY BUT REFUSE TO SEE THE BOULDERS IN THEIR ONW EYES


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