Well that certainly goes against the pre-conceived notions of the drug/gang/firearm that are prevalent in Bermuda (and on here, judging from recent convos). Man, $1 million bail... all I can say is damn!

"Loaded" weapon. And drugs is drugs to me... I know not the common thought here but that's just me.

I assume they were. I think I know one of the guys though.

I believe you don't actually have to pay the money in ... the accussed and in this case their surety agree to pay the money in the case of a no-show.

What preconceived notions?  

Notions are ephemeral.  No feeling is final.  

Are you surprised that they are white/portuguese?  Meditate on that.

Statistics are real.  Feelings and notions are not.  Perhaps this is a good case study and people should study the commonalities.  ie coming from poverty.

Drugs transcend all colours.  We need to free our minds that drugs/gangs/guns a black thing...  it's a poverty thing!  

IMHO

CO - anyone who thinks that  drugs, gangs or guns are  black crimes - are divorced from reality. I find the constant reference to that extremely unhelpful in terms of the so called war on drugs. I suspect the contrary. I suspect that most people in Bermuda believe that dealing (by that I mean street dealing) is a black thing and financing, importing etc. is a white thing. Whether that is true or not, we will never know for certain. I just base it on conversations and experiences I have had. But at the end of the day the whole racial thing is irrelevant albeit expected. It is a Bermuda thing (which perhaps by default makes it a race issue) and indeed a human thing.

Nonetheless, congrats to the police officers who conducted the investigation and kicked in the doors, probably knowing that guns were involved and probably while we all slept comfy in our beds.

Drugs/gangs and guns arent a poverty thing. They are a 'decision' thing! A 'choice' thing!

Statistics are as real as you want them to be. I remember the manager for my long suffering football team once said, and I apologize if I offend, 'Statistics are like mini-skirts, they are great to look at, but still hide the best parts.' Again, sorry to be so crude.  

I read the murder thread, at least as much as I could stomach. The sentiment that people felt that drugs/gangs/guns = black was flawed then as it is now.