Thread: Guards don't care!!!!

Since some people are trying to keep this quiet I thought that it ought to end up here. A student was on her way home when a car cut her off blocking her ability to drive down the road, 3 men then got out of the car and proceded to try and break her windows (thankfully she had locked the doors). She quickly put her car in reverse and drove away only to be chased by them in their car. They caught up with her in front of a prominent casino not more than 200 yards from the schools front gates and rammed her car sending it out of control and sliding into a wall, totaling it. They again got out of their car and started trying to break into her car (as two guards from the casino watched with interest, but no concern). Finally some friendly dutch tourists came by and felt that they should help, the men ran away on foot since their car also had been totalled.
When she went to the guards at the casino to ask for help and to testify about what they saw, they replied that they had seen nothing. So she went to the one place she was sure she could get some help, the school, it was close and we are safe there...right. NOPE the guards there told her that she was obviosly just fine just call 911 and walk home. They could not be bothered to take time out of their busy schedules (surely they had some coffee to drink) to make sure that she got home safely.
I realize that I am no longer in the states where people actually care about each other but I would have hoped that the guards that (pretend) to keep my school safe would at least be a little more willing to help and understand.
Point of it all is we are not safe and if someone stops you run them over!!!

however, i must say that i nor my wife personally experienced any other episodes of violence for the rest of our 20 months on the island.

most of the bad stories you hear generally involve petty theft type crimes. unfortunately this kind of stuff happens......

Originally Posted by McGillGrad

You really think it is any different than Detroit, NYC or St. Louis?

Stay away from sketchy areas/situations and you're safe.

Well, seeing as how Detriot was recently named "The most dangerous city in America" I would hope its not like that...
Study: Detroit most dangerous city - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com

Originally Posted by kemper6036

maybe....but plan on buying 220 V adapters and dealing with snooty french folk. (i can say this cause i'm part french)

Im in no way french, but I have no problem saying there are defenitly some snooty attitudes on that side of the island :P

Not everyone thankfully.. but a fair share.

Originally Posted by Arkie

This is an odd story...can anyone else verify its "authenticity"?

It's true, I know the person this happened to...

Originally Posted by Macgyver1

Im in no way french, but I have no problem saying there are defenitly some snooty attitudes on that side of the island :P

Not everyone thankfully.. but a fair share.

French people are not snooty. The ones from Paris may be, but French culture is just more formal than N. American culture and that is why it seems like they are snooty. They are just being normal, and Americans expect to be treated like a friend when they are not.

Originally Posted by Emma124

Well, seeing as how Detriot was recently named "The most dangerous city in America" I would hope its not like that...
Study: Detroit most dangerous city - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com

That's my point. Just like any urban area, there are places that you should go and places that you shouldn't. There are plenty of safe areas in Detroit, just like St. Maarten.

Originally Posted by kemper6036

lots of strange stuff happening today. some car flipped on the golf course, no?

Apparently, the cops were chasing the guy who's car flipped. I've heard that the cops rammed his car and flipped it, but when I drove by, I didn't see any damaged cop car. Friends did see the cops beating the crap out of the guy though. They said they heard gun shots, but the only thing they can confirm is that the cops were definitely beating the heck out of the guy.

Originally Posted by McGillGrad

I would have done the same thing.

I would have done almost the same thing. I would have ran over his feet and not gone to the cops (because I agree that they'd probably just lock you up), but I'd also back-up!

It is best just to keep driving and avoid the police at all cost. I was mugged once on the island and try to report it to the police for statistical purposes; they made it such an ordeal that I wound up leaving in frustration.

Hopefully, this was just an isolated island incident.