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On the Dubroom
Message Boards, the "Buju Banton Cokane
Case" is followed by several members who post
updates when they happen. It will probably be
the same in the next couple of days, when things
will become more clear. However, I am feeling
pressed to write my own commentary on
"the-day-before", if you will (this was
actually written September 19).
When the news broke, last year December, that
Buju Banton was arrested for allegedly planning to
sell over five kilo's of cokane, there was hardly
anyone who could take it serious. It was almost a
laughing matter, was it not for the fact that this
is a serious thing when you are being arrested in
the USA for these charges.
As I overstand the story, Buju Banton had a
conversation with a paid government informer on a
an airplane from Spain to the USA, after which he
remained to have contact with this informer.
According to the little information that comes
out, this informer pressed Buju to do cokane
deals.
Then, there are two other people arrested
together with the Reggae singer. One of them
initially signed a statement saying Buju Banton
has nothing to do with the cokane case these
people might or might not be involved in. However,
both men have joined Babylon and are now accusing
Buju Banton in order to get a lower sentence
themselves. These things are very normal in the
USA and they are called "plea-deals". In
short: when the government can't get their
evidence, they just intimidate you and say:
"plea guilty, we will lower the
sentence".
Plea-deals are an abomination, both for
truth-finding and for the overall sense of
justice. How many people have actually said they
were guilty of a crime they did not commit, only
because if they keep sticking to the truth they
will serve much longer in these prisons? JAH
knows, definitely!
Personally, I do not believe that Buju Banton
has anything to do with any cokane case. Sure,
when you're working in music you will be
confronted with hard drugs, simply because many
artists and other workers in music are using the
drugs. This is the closest connection between Buju
Banton and cokane I can think of.
Buju Banton is a very popular artist. He might
not be a zillionaire like many of these
superstars, But I do not think he really needed to
get himself into any cokane deals in order to make
his living. On top of that, Buju Banton would
probably have known about the fact that the US
government create most of their drug cases by
means of paid informers, or should I say, agent
provocateurs...
Buju was obviously framed. There are too many
people who would like him to shut down as his
musical works are an offense to certain politikal
korrekt ones. I have seen "gay" websites
cheering over the fact that Buju is in jail, some
even saying that they don't care if Buju did the
cokane thing or not.
I hope and pray, that JAH will not allow the
shitstem to do to Buju Banton what they are
obviously planning. I have little trust in the
truth-finding nature that a court should be, but
JAH is the Almighty.
One good thing which comes out of this, though:
as far as I can see an end has come to the
enormous flood of Reggae tunes worshipping the guy
in the white house as people are waking up
(again?) to the fact that gross injustice is being
done, not only to Buju, but to many more Jamaican
artists and non-artists who saw their visas
revoked.
One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread
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