The Man Who Tried to Overthrow the Trinidad Government: Interview with Abu Bakr

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  • Опубликовано: 29 май 2014
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    At his compound on the outskirts of Port of Spain, the man responsible for the only attempted militant Islamic overthrow of a Western government is smiling. "I've been charged with treason, I've been charged with sedition, with murder, conspiracy to murder, [stockpiling] guns...." Abu Bakr, the fiery 73-year-old leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen, rattles off the many accusations that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has leveled against him.
    "Nothing has stuck, because it's fabricated," he continues. "They list all the charges in a book, and they just throw the book at me.... That's not prosecution, that's persecution!"
    Bakr has mellowed a bit in his old age, but he still relishes the opportunity to serve as a thorn in the side of the government with whom he has clashed for decades. Depending on which local you ask, "The Jamaat" is either a jihadi group, a vast criminal organization, an invaluable community resource providing jobs and social services to Trinidad's disadvantaged, or a combination of all three.
    But everyone agrees that the coup that Bakr led in 1990 - which held the state hostage for six days, unleashed widespread looting and chaos, and resulted in 24 deaths and the shooting of the prime minister - changed the country forever.
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  • @tjr4459
    @tjr4459 3 года назад +475

    Can’t believe I’m only now seeing this 6 years later in 2020.

  • @kylajohn6847
    @kylajohn6847 4 года назад +592

    Anyone is watching this in 2020?

  • @reshadmohammed5586
    @reshadmohammed5586 4 года назад +794

    Any trinidadian viewing in 2019 👀

    • @sonsongg6666
      @sonsongg6666 4 года назад +5

      Yurrr

    • @jerellvillaroel2931
      @jerellvillaroel2931 4 года назад +6

      Yuup

    • @hulkbustersmash73
      @hulkbustersmash73 4 года назад +5

      Yup.

    • @bigt2141
      @bigt2141 4 года назад +5

      Yepp

    • @ronsocresswell733
      @ronsocresswell733 4 года назад +2

      HAITI EK SESEL EK MAURIS PILON!!! LOCEAN ENDIEN PLI ZOLI KI LOSEAN CARAIBYEN. NU PLI RED KI ZOT!!! NU ZIL PLI ZOLI KI POU ZOT!!!! NU ANNAN PLIS DRG KI ZOT!!!! EOULA BEZ SORTI LA DON!!! HAITIEN POU BAT ZOT KALOT FERMAL!!! PILON!!!!! KAPLE DAN OU FES OU. NU SESELWA NU ZAKO. CREOLE!!! PREZAN KWA!!??? KI OU POU FER??? PA SEYE FRERLA OU TANDE,OU POU GANY BATE?? FERMAL. OU POU GANY DIMAL. KOUTPYE DAN FES PARTOU.

  • @barelyawake868
    @barelyawake868 3 года назад +441

    abu bakr tall as hell. he was doing the wrong type of shooting in 1990.

  • @grandy
    @grandy 2 года назад +237

    who's here after learning of his death?

  • @Deeebully
    @Deeebully 10 лет назад +198

    "Man tried to destroy the mosque and the tractor flipped on him."

    • @ezell704
      @ezell704 4 года назад +1

      Deeebully 😂

    • @helpinghand2304
      @helpinghand2304 4 года назад +17

      Alhamdulilah

    • @VSM101
      @VSM101 3 года назад +1

      Yeah it never happened

    • @Afrocanuk
      @Afrocanuk 3 года назад

      @@VSM101 It never happened, but if it did, it is the mosque that would've flipped.

    • @makayabutcher156
      @makayabutcher156 3 года назад +5

      Allahu Akbar

  • @kizmiaz69
    @kizmiaz69 10 лет назад +636

    He's telling the truth. However, the rich and powerful never want peace and unity amongst the poor.

    • @FaddaWolf
      @FaddaWolf 10 лет назад +13

      Y would they when they could divide and rule?

    • @noob.168
      @noob.168 10 лет назад +17

      FaddaWolf so the poor would be busy fighting each other rather than fighting the rich.

    • @harrymuhammad9835
      @harrymuhammad9835 4 года назад +1

      😏

    • @alper8966
      @alper8966 4 года назад +2

      The dude is a jihadi

    • @ameriqueindienindigene9096
      @ameriqueindienindigene9096 4 года назад +2

      They are trying to have the ORIGINAL people of that Island kill themselves with this "government" formed gang system throughout the Americas. We have to wake up and get rid of all these foreigners PERIOD.

  • @DjStilettoMafiosa
    @DjStilettoMafiosa 2 года назад +70

    Didn't know that this vid existed, RUclips just suggested it to me.

  • @zurielphillips2927
    @zurielphillips2927 3 года назад +274

    Just listening to this man you could tell he is well educated

    • @shapermechanist
      @shapermechanist 3 года назад +13

      Also very intelligent

    • @breadstick4187
      @breadstick4187 2 года назад +14

      I sadly disagree

    • @meow6858
      @meow6858 2 года назад +4

      @@breadstick4187 bruh

    • @chrigael5911
      @chrigael5911 2 года назад +3

      Is brilliant people does do these things he went to QRC studied in Canada join the police service left as a sargeant BRILLIANT EH

  • @kareemzmohammed7129
    @kareemzmohammed7129 4 года назад +261

    This video is 5 years old and yet today all Abu Bakr said is happening.

  • @marlonbellot.481
    @marlonbellot.481 4 года назад +260

    Who's watching in Tuesday, July 30, 2019?

    • @macjonez500
      @macjonez500 4 года назад +2

      Came back jus got the reminder....everybody's involved!!

    • @kizzyjoseph1536
      @kizzyjoseph1536 4 года назад +6

      I'm watching 1 of August 2019 lol

    • @kalyaangoordat3773
      @kalyaangoordat3773 4 года назад +6

      Friday, August 2 2019

    • @meganpierre1880
      @meganpierre1880 4 года назад +2

      @@kalyaangoordat3773 Same

    • @anyib.3150
      @anyib.3150 4 года назад

      Saw he recommendation several days now so watching it again after 5 years

  • @blacknwhitetruthfully5325
    @blacknwhitetruthfully5325 5 лет назад +219

    We trinis does tear down each other
    The whole Caribbean does laugh at we
    I’m not Muslim but this man is spitting the truth

  • @skullpoly1967
    @skullpoly1967 4 года назад +341

    Any trini watching this with me 😂

    • @pimpiniseasy2778
      @pimpiniseasy2778 4 года назад +1

      skullpoly you’re not a real trini

    • @ien2864
      @ien2864 3 года назад +1

      Yesssir

    • @skullpoly1967
      @skullpoly1967 3 года назад +1

      @@pimpiniseasy2778 but I am doh sorry I now seeing this

    • @skullpoly1967
      @skullpoly1967 3 года назад +1

      @@ien2864 u see the big scene the other day with the riots this gave me some flash backs to this video

    • @pimpiniseasy2778
      @pimpiniseasy2778 3 года назад +1

      skullpoly indo

  • @nashorie
    @nashorie 10 лет назад +134

    Fuck it now makes sense to me thats y the government signed the amnesty because Baka had dirt on them

  • @okeykkey
    @okeykkey 10 лет назад +82

    As Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) said I don't need a religion which does not allows me to fight for my freedom.

    • @jameswray50
      @jameswray50 10 лет назад +26

      How about a religion where there is no need to fight for freedom? I'm an atheist, and I live in the West. I have no religion or desire for religion, and my life is peaceful with relative freedom. Muslims think islam is being threatened (some muslims) but the truth is that no one give a damn what you believe. No one is trying to keep you from being free. Extremists are keeping people from freedom by using fear to control people.

    • @mosaabel-ouardani1540
      @mosaabel-ouardani1540 10 лет назад +1

      DaCamponTwee What you need to understand is that the Extremists got a point and yes you guys don't care what we believe but because of what you do the 'Western' Muslim generation is following western behaviour such as adultery, pornography, intoxications (Wine and Alcohol) and other haram (Forbidden) acts within Islam.
      Back to the point that in other countries Muslims are fighting for freedom from their dictators what were planted there by western powers for example King Saud of Saudi Arabia was planted by Britain to enforce democracy upon the inhabitants.
      The real difference between Extremist and Moderate is the implementation of Shar'iah (Gods Law) and just living in a low where the people hold superiority not God.

    • @mosaabel-ouardani1540
      @mosaabel-ouardani1540 10 лет назад

      Alfred Simcik Im not talking about the Middle East, I am talking about Islam - Islam forbids Adultery, Intoxications, Pornography, Rape and other sinful acts. Unfortunately there is not one Islamic state in the world today, In the middle east and Iran where you say they commit drugs and so on don't follow their religion.
      This isnt just with Islam its with Judaism, Christianity (If the people follow it) and other major religons.
      I didn't say all Westerners commit acts such as adultery but what I am saying is that it is 'Normal' for a girl and boy 14/15 to meet in a night club and have sex after getting really drunk and high on weed. Yes there are many good westerners especially the westerners of the 19th century that condemn what the young generation commit in their life - just sitting on their phoens all day - going out for sex - getting drunk on a Friday night and so on. Keep in mind that I am not trying to offend you in any way or the west but just displaying me and many others thoughts on the current west.
      Just to clarify the middle east doesnt have the highest obesity rates but it is incase America with the highest obesity rates and other European countries

    • @Arctorkovich
      @Arctorkovich 10 лет назад +3

      DaCamponTwee
      Religion cannot inspire peace, just like psychopathy cannot inspire peace. It's a mental illness.

    • @mosaabel-ouardani1540
      @mosaabel-ouardani1540 10 лет назад +1

      Arctor kovich That is a very ignorant view and very closed point with no evidence - From that I assume that you don't understand all of religion but instead the negatives of a religion and what the media throws at your face if your sofa back in USA.

  • @shakeempierre3477
    @shakeempierre3477 8 лет назад +189

    Nothing he said in this interview was a lie.

    • @CElle572
      @CElle572 3 года назад +1

      What he said is common knowledge...

  • @krakensic669
    @krakensic669 4 года назад +134

    "you see any swimming pools in John John" 😂😂🤣

  • @JohnSmith-pv5wj
    @JohnSmith-pv5wj 10 лет назад +232

    "I am a very lover man, and all da girls love me"- Abu Bakr.

    • @asmaaal-meen9727
      @asmaaal-meen9727 5 лет назад +10

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Titanecks
      @Titanecks 5 лет назад +2

      wow slow your role kid he's a pig because he is not because he is islamic

    • @kaz007
      @kaz007 5 лет назад +10

      @Jack John you eat pig u pig

    • @772fortpierce
      @772fortpierce 3 года назад

      " Its out of control"

    • @facesbyfafa930
      @facesbyfafa930 2 года назад

      Lol

  • @aquarian7
    @aquarian7 4 года назад +132

    I don't know if it's the accent or just his demeanour, he was very enjoyable to listen to.

  • @judahfari
    @judahfari 6 лет назад +171

    When Abu Bakr was at my brother funeral he came in an asked who's the father of the lost an he saw it was my father he was shocked because he know my father very well an didn't know cornflakes was my father's son,Abu Bakr bought tears in my eyes when he spoke at the funeral.

    • @showmercytoothers4059
      @showmercytoothers4059 4 года назад +3

      @@Only-interested-in-the-truth you can see his heart?

    • @Only-interested-in-the-truth
      @Only-interested-in-the-truth 4 года назад +2

      @@showmercytoothers4059 But I know how to smell a rat. Dishonesty leaks out of some people.

    • @CaptHC
      @CaptHC 4 года назад +4

      @@Only-interested-in-the-truth I see u have trust issues. You need to learn to trust some people.

    • @Only-interested-in-the-truth
      @Only-interested-in-the-truth 4 года назад +3

      @@CaptHC Nope. I am objective. If it sounds like BS. Smells like BS. It usually not the full story. People love to spin their explanations to present the story in a favourable way to meet their objectives. People need to stop hearing what they want to hear and focus on the facts!

    • @CaptHC
      @CaptHC 4 года назад +5

      @@Only-interested-in-the-truth with that logic,then we shouldn't trust anyone at all?

  • @keinellgarcia1994
    @keinellgarcia1994 2 года назад +99

    RIP to Abu BAKR, ABU BAKR died last night (Thursday October 21st 2021) at hospital after collapsing at his home 😭😭😭😭

    • @caro6993
      @caro6993 2 года назад +5

      I'm just watching this and it's very interesting

    • @fitzgeraldalexander6029
      @fitzgeraldalexander6029 2 года назад +3

      rest in PEACE ABU

    • @ferretman6790
      @ferretman6790 Год назад

      “Collapsing” i would imagine……..

    • @bobsaget9717
      @bobsaget9717 Год назад +5

      May Allah swt grant him the highest level of paradise.

    • @keesie200
      @keesie200 10 месяцев назад +2

      May Allah swt grant bless soul even in the after life

  • @mandulis
    @mandulis 5 лет назад +86

    "Poverty Leads To Disbelief"....

  • @jovannamitchell5308
    @jovannamitchell5308 3 года назад +18

    Can’t believe this was 6 years ago and everything he’s talking about still happening

    • @jman9451
      @jman9451 3 года назад +1

      I still tryna figure out why this now popping up in my feed

  • @nixon6216
    @nixon6216 3 года назад +41

    A Netflix doc on this would be epic.

  • @PureHeavenlySultan
    @PureHeavenlySultan 10 лет назад +192

    He makes sense, They must have control on the streets, and people who follow the rule of law.

    • @badmnz123
      @badmnz123 10 лет назад +77

      he does talk some truth however you cannot learn everything about a man in 14 mins

    • @srtneonalex
      @srtneonalex 10 лет назад +19

      His metaphorical analogy is accurate. And with that being said, using less discipline and still achieving desired results seems like a solid strategy in approaching anything. Quite a mouthful but it makes sense if you think on it.

    • @wtfsincerlyjapan
      @wtfsincerlyjapan 10 лет назад +30

      he is a mad man that desabilizeed an entire country

    • @FinalTruce
      @FinalTruce 10 лет назад +12

      He does seem to be an intelligent man, but his morals regarding religion are horrific

    • @wtfsincerlyjapan
      @wtfsincerlyjapan 10 лет назад +7

      FinalTruce just as a reference the biggest backer of his gang is gahdafi(or was)

  • @MrHotstepper89
    @MrHotstepper89 10 лет назад +77

    0:58 anybody else surprised he was that big!!

  • @aziza6574
    @aziza6574 4 года назад +64

    Trinidad and Tobago would be so different if he went through with the Coup

    • @krystaldegannes618
      @krystaldegannes618 2 года назад +4

      He did go through with the coup. They burnt down the red house and people died.

    • @kuskut
      @kuskut 2 года назад +2

      By now he would've had people like you bending over and holding your ankles.

    • @krystaldegannes618
      @krystaldegannes618 2 года назад

      @@kuskut remember the dead have respect for them. Have respect for their families. There’s better ways than violence. Especially if you are a religious leader.
      Especially if you hold the ears of many.
      Think of the Your neighbors
      Your friends
      You have to remember people died. Just going to work and minding their business.
      They deserved that?
      You have no idea about them.
      You don’t care.
      After all
      In your words
      “People like you bending over”
      You don’t know me
      I don’t know you
      But I seem to have more respect for you than you have for others
      I pray for you and yours and that you never have to lose anyone in the manner that people were lost in the coup

  • @luckyboypictures
    @luckyboypictures 4 года назад +52

    It's sad a beautiful country is crumbling with crime and drugs, something must be done, just can't sit back and watch. As a film producer, I am working on a project about this problem Trinidad is facing.

    • @sonsongg6666
      @sonsongg6666 4 года назад +3

      Facts

    • @cookwithcel1455
      @cookwithcel1455 2 года назад +2

      I know this is an old comment but have you finished?
      Also there is a documentary called "The Great Hack" which spoke about the interferance in tnt elections in 2010. Highly recommend you watch.

    • @luckyboypictures
      @luckyboypictures 2 года назад +7

      @@cookwithcel1455 Thanks to Covid it put the project on the back burner but starting to work on it again, thanks for asking,

    • @kevonjames2621
      @kevonjames2621 2 года назад

      @@luckyboypictures waiting

    • @luckyboypictures
      @luckyboypictures 2 года назад +1

      @@kevonjames2621 Thanks Kevon, all the best.

  • @nicholass3892
    @nicholass3892 10 лет назад +101

    Trinidad and Tobago one of the few places in the world where a guy that tries to overthrow the government, kills and harms innocents walks with his head held high in the streets

    • @IHTCAU
      @IHTCAU 5 лет назад +3

      Most people don't know who he is or what he did

    • @kevinalexander2741
      @kevinalexander2741 4 года назад +14

      Listen the politicians are being bribed by the cartels of Colombia ! He had to have a smear campaign put on him ! To get you focused on him and not the real problem. Guns and drugs! Wake up. He couldn't be brided!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

    • @rolandastjohn5215
      @rolandastjohn5215 3 года назад +3

      Kevin Alexander true but treason is treason

    • @stillirise7813
      @stillirise7813 3 года назад +1

      We call that a boss player

    • @basquiat9015
      @basquiat9015 2 года назад +1

      What he did was necessary and patriotic. Evil prosper when good men do nothing. Not pardoning his actions, because clearly it was heinous to an extent but at the same time, Bakr did what should be a decade/regular drill, and that is to put the government in check when things get to corrupted and out of hand. We need to stop act like the government is saints or their initiative is to provide economic and social incentives to stimulate change, growth and development as opposed to self-satisfaction and personal agenda in the form of ruthless corruption and state sponsored terror sim in the nefarious narcotic trades. In the Caribbean, there has been many uprisings and anarchy in the form of Cuban, Haitian revolutions and Jamaica uprisings. What make this man so bad is the way it is propagated as the first and only Islamic uprising and government takeover, in the Western Hemisphere which is true, but opposed to its prime purpose which was to debilitate corruption and send a message.

  • @bheemalramlogan4737
    @bheemalramlogan4737 3 года назад +34

    How ironic I'm watching this July 27th, 2020

  • @TT-qd4eb
    @TT-qd4eb 3 года назад +8

    I could watch this over and over and over

  • @kalandarism
    @kalandarism 3 года назад +36

    The gentleman who speaks his heart. I love his voice and accent. Pure joy to listen.

    • @krystaldegannes618
      @krystaldegannes618 2 года назад +1

      This man lead a coup. People died and he was not charged. As a Trini his actions are shameful. He is not to be praised

    • @kuskut
      @kuskut 2 года назад +1

      WTF is wrong with you? Do you have any idea what this man did to TNT. Wake up you FUCKING idiot!

  • @KingGabrielQuincyCollymore
    @KingGabrielQuincyCollymore 10 лет назад +103

    Nice to hear the other side of that story. The corruption is way too deep in Trinidad.
    May God's light arise within the minds of those who have thought it could be otherwise, and liberate us from the fear that seems to have control. God is !

  • @sairahramsingh9756
    @sairahramsingh9756 5 лет назад +11

    It's how in 2018 we are seeing what he's talking about

  • @VinzofTay30
    @VinzofTay30 4 года назад +10

    That interviewer ask questions in a detective manner patiently and picking when to.

  • @MegaShredder101
    @MegaShredder101 4 года назад +16

    Big up to anyone watching in 2020

  • @isaacbrathwaite145
    @isaacbrathwaite145 3 года назад +13

    Believe it or not but my grandfather trained Abu bakr to be a police officer

  • @KrazyClickGaming
    @KrazyClickGaming 10 лет назад +142

    Everything else aside and his past, This guy made a whole lot of reasonable sense here. It's only one video and he obviously has other opinions but this one video is better said about the situation in Trinidad then anything I've seen.

    • @SohnDesMenschen
      @SohnDesMenschen 10 лет назад

      True but it is one sided.

    • @KrazyClickGaming
      @KrazyClickGaming 10 лет назад +7

      CROSS
      True but the other side isn't doing a lot lot of good, His side is at least accurate. I'm not referring to his religious side, That side of him is fucked as with any religious side to anyone ever lol. His political ideology however is right on. Not even the rich are happy when they can't leave there homes and be 100% safe. Mass killings, drive bys, Gangs, drugs etc...Just my opinion i suppose.

    • @martinmohammed3351
      @martinmohammed3351 10 лет назад

      you are right

    • @martinmohammed3351
      @martinmohammed3351 10 лет назад

      CROSS i live here the government is f**ked up

    • @SohnDesMenschen
      @SohnDesMenschen 10 лет назад +1

      Barry these older heads only tell half truths a lot of the time, that's all I'm saying.

  • @begreat2day556
    @begreat2day556 4 года назад +21

    Is there a part 2? I want more!!

  • @soli82cat
    @soli82cat 9 лет назад +121

    Before watching this interview, I had a negative view of Yasin Abu Bakr, thanks largely to my parents and family. This is also due to whatever Islamaphobia they foster. But after watching this interview, I have to say I agree with him to why T&T is the way it is right now.

    • @krystaldegannes618
      @krystaldegannes618 2 года назад +12

      Praising a terrorist. People died in the coup. It doesn’t matter your faith… murder is a sin. And to holding a country under violence is not admirable.
      No this man is not a hero.
      Family lost love ones and business were wrecked.
      Remember those people when you chose your heroes

    • @tiax2923
      @tiax2923 2 года назад +8

      @@krystaldegannes618 If someone held your head underwater....what would be a natural response.....People need to think for themselves and to open their eyes hearts and minds.

    • @killabee9473
      @killabee9473 Год назад

      @@krystaldegannes618 better than Trinidad govt corruption

    • @ebonyeyez5607
      @ebonyeyez5607 Год назад

      @@krystaldegannes618 u a real idiot

    • @MrAFGKILLA
      @MrAFGKILLA 8 месяцев назад

      Why don’t you become Muslim? It’s the solution to all the problems, it’s the only religion that wasn’t forced on the people of Trinidad, not just Trinidad but the whole world

  • @user-zg9bt6eb2r
    @user-zg9bt6eb2r 2 года назад +10

    So he killed my cousin and my friend's husband.Left my friend's children fatherless.That's justice for the poor?C'mon Bakr.your people committed lots of murders

  • @johnrutty6029
    @johnrutty6029 4 года назад +13

    I'm a Jamaican and the same problem exist here criminals in high places is the problem.

    • @johnrutty6029
      @johnrutty6029 4 года назад

      @Da Royal General a politicians mash up the world with them isms and schism nutten for the masses fill up dem pocket and use the Babylon vampire system suck the blood of the sufferer.

    • @johnrutty6029
      @johnrutty6029 4 года назад

      @Da Royal General system a fraud .

    • @johnrutty6029
      @johnrutty6029 4 года назад

      @Da Royal General nobody nha fight fi equal rights again dem tek food and suppress wi fighting spirit. look when Nanny and Codjoe dem de a bush a fight against the system u think them stop fight Saturday evening fi come a supermarket dem eat of a the land and gwaan fight the struggle but right ya now man wi stop fight fi go buy credit put pon dam phone.

    • @johnrutty6029
      @johnrutty6029 4 года назад

      @Da Royal General dat me say to general we all living a lie.

    • @johnrutty6029
      @johnrutty6029 4 года назад

      @Da Royal General dem a celebrate all progress and don't even realize a backward them a go. Brainwashed education through church and university, the foolest one a the educated ones dem with their heads held high Babylon school dem and fool dem with piece a paper say they're educated with them bachelor's and masters and doctorates.

  • @raulsimms4399
    @raulsimms4399 2 года назад +2

    Part 2 let’s goooo😭😭

  • @slowshowmoney4915
    @slowshowmoney4915 4 года назад +3

    2020 learning about my mother homeland

  • @kurapika4860
    @kurapika4860 3 года назад +7

    Nobody:
    RUclips: let’s recommend this 6 years later

  • @destinymonticeuex6561
    @destinymonticeuex6561 2 года назад +4

    Here we are 31 years after.

    • @nicholashercules8852
      @nicholashercules8852 2 года назад

      I now watching dis in 2021 n everything is coming tuh past💀💀

  • @sheltonpittman4845
    @sheltonpittman4845 7 месяцев назад

    💪🏾 Ralo brought me here. Thanks for spreading the message my brother

  • @satanspy
    @satanspy Месяц назад +2

    The Trinidad accent is so elegant,sounds like old British mixed with a Caribbean inflection.

  • @keez994
    @keez994 4 года назад +20

    His own foot soldiers became the worst gangs still around today.

  • @randyneil6161
    @randyneil6161 6 лет назад +51

    He should do it again. Police corruption has increased by 10,000% and they are unpunished.
    Politicians are the worst especially those that are Lawyers.

    • @analisabennett345
      @analisabennett345 2 года назад +1

      The story of Dole Chadee lines up with what he is saying.

  • @happydre4197
    @happydre4197 8 лет назад +3

    insightful

  • @hecki3528
    @hecki3528 4 года назад +16

    Who’s watching this August 12 2019

    • @Trini1169
      @Trini1169 4 года назад

      Born & raised in T&T! I was there for this. This is eye opening!

  • @FaddaWolf
    @FaddaWolf 10 лет назад +94

    I've always said that abu bakr is a ver charismatic leader, able to make the most determined men follow him after a few conversations. That being said, he was once one of the most dangerous men in the western underworld. While he makes a lot of sense in this interview, he also has to answer many questions with variations of the truth and always to make sure that he protects himself at all times during the questioning.
    Yes there was a lot of control by the jamat in the criminal underworld and they kept things relatively civil. But the also whiped out anyone who could oppose them. Yes they had the best intentions of cleaning up the country with their attempted coup, but they also had their own agenda. Not to mention they went about it completely wrong. It's not what you do, but how you do it.
    All this being said, the journalist may not have even realised how much danger he was in when abu bakr said "you are insulting my intelligence". Remember at all times, this man controlled the likes of powers, wolfy, wounded, malik, nigga, sappy and a host more of overlords, seasoned and skilled killers, and men with the means of overthrowing a country or rot it out with murderous crimes, rage and bloodshed to rival some of the most bloody ecounters in latin america.
    Had he not been involved in the underworld and crime, he would have been 1 hell of a politician.

    • @andycalimara
      @andycalimara 3 года назад +12

      For real. This man brought so much pain for so many families. And now he gets to gloss over it with a smile.

    • @Isochest
      @Isochest 3 года назад +4

      @@andycalimara Exactly. A truly evil man we do not need at all.

    • @marcoprimo4042
      @marcoprimo4042 2 года назад

      @@Isochest so the government is good, the government always had and have the citizens interest ent??? You all are brainwashed and blinded by what's truly happening.

    • @Isochest
      @Isochest 2 года назад +1

      @@marcoprimo4042 Bakr is like them. A Power Seeking crook

    • @marcoprimo4042
      @marcoprimo4042 2 года назад +1

      @@Isochest that's your person opinion, not based on facts.

  • @TheShenmueMaster
    @TheShenmueMaster 10 лет назад +17

    I really like his metaphor for running a home correctly and reflecting your wife and children, great metaphor for any and all government..

  • @MasterTheKeys
    @MasterTheKeys 2 года назад +1

    Trinidadian watching in October 2021 🇹🇹

  • @XAXMirzaX
    @XAXMirzaX 10 лет назад +42

    I like this guy.

  • @djtrippd
    @djtrippd 10 лет назад +19

    I was just in Morvant in April and I'm so happy to see that Vice is bringing attention to Trinidad. In my short visit being with family I felt safe but at night was a little nervous by the gun shots I could hear ringing out. Every morning reading the headlines of murder was a grim reminder of where I was. Everyone will tell you the same thing, "Trinidad has resources and money". The problem is that its bigger then Trinidad, the international drug trade that flows through the island is a world wide problem and cannot be simply cleaned up. Side note about Muslims in Trinidad, they are not your stereo typical extremist. When slaves were brought over from the east, Muslims, Hindus and others had to put aside their differences and work together for survival, along with the vast mixed population of people from all over the planet that still exist today.

  • @hajileserpud9539
    @hajileserpud9539 8 лет назад +23

    lol... Vice be having some really good thought provoking interviews and Documentarys, these are real Journalist not the two bit ass kissers on CNN & NBC... there was a lot of sense spoken in this vid

  • @majolusjohn4075
    @majolusjohn4075 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting interview.

  • @mariacassius-ndibe3289
    @mariacassius-ndibe3289 2 года назад

    2021... I missed it till now too!

  • @joshabasraj8718
    @joshabasraj8718 2 года назад +4

    Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @bondarkenergy
    @bondarkenergy 3 года назад +4

    No charges stuck because of the amnesty which was offered, but presently charges can now be pressed because that ruling has since been overturned.

  • @Aydan.tt_
    @Aydan.tt_ 2 года назад +3

    Who's here when he passed away.... R.I.P

  • @johnaguilera1152
    @johnaguilera1152 10 лет назад +24

    One of the best convos i have ever seen ...

  • @adamseunath4231
    @adamseunath4231 6 лет назад +5

    Big up to da realest 💯
    #takber 🔥

  • @JabbaDG
    @JabbaDG 2 года назад +4

    Interesting time for this to be recommended
    He passed a few days ago

  • @crimsoncodm5870
    @crimsoncodm5870 2 года назад +2

    Still here 2021

  • @kodi_jay3806
    @kodi_jay3806 4 года назад +1

    I learned a lot including a new word reciprocate

  • @pi84ent
    @pi84ent 5 лет назад +36

    He speaks from his heart, sounds like an upstanding man

  • @V4V0206
    @V4V0206 10 лет назад +21

    Wow I cant believe some of the ridiculous comments ppl have posted. what is more important here is to read between the lines (for the trinis). this was a dark time in our history. I myself was six at the time and still don't understand why it happened and why the state chose to sign amnesty with Bakr and not persecute him but when this came out it was clear that drugs have been a big part of our economy and that 1990 was indeed the catalyst for where Trinidad is at this point in time. rampant with corruption, drugs crime and no resolve. people are struggling everyday to make ends meet and if your a nobody who doesn't know a somebody your arse is screwed. smh

    • @DaleCupid
      @DaleCupid 10 лет назад +3

      facts

    • @englishowl
      @englishowl 10 лет назад +1

      I guess most people are not free minded like you, they only talk what they hear, have no understanding and never seek knowledge, that's the true meaning of the word NIGER, what a shame on them.

    • @ishmaelcrosby9560
      @ishmaelcrosby9560 4 года назад +1

      Fast forward 2019 and things are just getting worst

  • @adominique7667
    @adominique7667 4 года назад +1

    Wow.... I hope the youths see this

  • @rashispika
    @rashispika 3 года назад +2

    RUclips suggesting this to me on the 30 anniversary of the incident. Well done algorithm

  • @anniyah1774
    @anniyah1774 3 года назад +9

    I'm actually one of his granddaughters 🙂🤚

  • @jadeking5522
    @jadeking5522 5 лет назад +22

    @3:13
    Allah knows best💪❤

  • @jacksonamari8712
    @jacksonamari8712 3 года назад +2

    All my trini people from lavantile

  • @k2sportsande.n.t501
    @k2sportsande.n.t501 4 года назад +2

    WOW he recalled the Rodney King situation...you right..when the land is saturated with discontent..explosion.

  • @TheKeithvidz
    @TheKeithvidz 6 лет назад +7

    Can't help but wonder if there's anything behind him being let out for that coup.
    I heard him before on radio and he's a convincing man and high charisma. High potential to lead this country if *had he* decided to follow the law and be elected.

    • @kvid77
      @kvid77 5 месяцев назад

      they definitely gon rig the elections, no way them corrupt men Dem letting him win. it was either he took it by force which he tried or he just let things be which he's doing right now

  • @dirkantoine1
    @dirkantoine1 10 лет назад +45

    I could verify much of what he said. Ask me, I could tell stories. And I knew him personally.

    • @dirkantoine1
      @dirkantoine1 10 лет назад +22

      ***** well parts of what he left out is that the Jamatt mosque had bands of armed thugs that where involved in the drug trade, now weather or not he authorized these activities is still unknown but there where many a war between them and many other sects. The thing is that in the 90' most gangs where neighborhood gangs, so every area had its own crew who controlled the drugs in that area, the Muslims came in and tried to police these gangs. This was met with complete scorn, as it should. Another problem was that most of the people that joined the mosque where criminals who joined because they had so many guns available. Back then guns where scarce.
      The Muslims where met with heavy resistance to the point where gunfights started breaking out on sight. Add to that the fact that most of Abu Bakr street team was "reformed" criminals, they used their new power base to take over drug territory, again heavy resistance. When the Coup happened the Muslims weren't as organized as they thought because it was the Army, the Police and the neighborhood gangs VS. The Muslims and they where severely outnumbered. I know personally that this is part of the reason that so many guns hit the streets, the Muslims where abandoning cars full of guns in John John, Gonzales, Cariniage, Bethom estates, Lavantill...we found to abandoned cars full of guns and ammunition and emptied them out. The result was that the neighborhood gangs where now armed to the teeth. The muslims didnt necessarily "give up" controll of the streets, it just became a fair fight and much to dangerous.
      Im out of time for now. But I will say this, maybe his intention was good but he didnt have the control that he thought he did, and the amount of guns that where thrown into the worst area's during the coup is directly connected to the explosion of gun related violence in the country ever since.

    • @JovanRam
      @JovanRam 10 лет назад

      Dirk Antoine hmmmmzz sounds more legit lolzzz u look like u kno yo stuff

    • @dirkantoine1
      @dirkantoine1 9 лет назад +2

      I don't know what your "slant" I gonna be but when I was in the US Army, our standard issue "firearms" where 20 years old so its possible. Drop the other foot so I can give you a real answer please.

    • @letslearnarabic2812
      @letslearnarabic2812 9 лет назад

      Interesting,

    • @AzWanderers
      @AzWanderers 7 лет назад

      really interesting stuff. why wouldnt the muslims destroy the guns instead of "giving" them to the gangs?

  • @MOBA-King-WildRift
    @MOBA-King-WildRift 3 года назад +2

    It does not matter who is whiching in what year, but what's happening now in trinidad is needed of us to talk about right now.

    • @meriez2892
      @meriez2892 3 года назад

      Exactly things hadda change

  • @reynessaable
    @reynessaable 2 года назад

    Am new here, although I learned/know about the history. Talking about it today with my friend I decided to come here

  • @VanaeCavae
    @VanaeCavae 10 лет назад +104

    I like this guy. Religion is good for helping the downtrodden and weak members of society and seeking social justice. But Religion becomes bad when it has too much political power. Religion should stay at the grassroots level.

    • @VanaeCavae
      @VanaeCavae 10 лет назад +18

      *****
      Sorry dude i don't believe in hell or heaven. I am an agnostic. You are entitled to your stories about the afterlife. i am from Singapore. We have a sizable muslim community here. The neighboring countries are all Muslims majority. Sharia & Hudud is in action in places like Kelantan and Aceh near my country. I am familiar with your Din. Thanks but no thanks :)

    • @JohnSmith-uu5bo
      @JohnSmith-uu5bo 10 лет назад +1

      agreed

    • @Kaelyzz
      @Kaelyzz 10 лет назад +15

      ***** Lol, western culture is spreading to eastern countries like an uncontrollable fire. Why? Simply because it's better. "Especially in Islam you cannot split politic and religion because they both work together to create peace and harmony in a state."

    • @jinglebells5838
      @jinglebells5838 10 лет назад

      ***** I don't agree with what your saying but even I could have put across your argument in a much more coherent manner. You mention Egypt, Libya, Ukraine and Germany and I have no idea what point you were making

    • @omarmenasy4046
      @omarmenasy4046 10 лет назад +2

      Kaelyzz "Lol,western culture is spreading to eastern countries like an uncontrollable fire.Why? Simply because it's better."
      no stop lying to yourself the only reason western culture is spreading is organized violence and corporations. Even then its not spreading like fire like you say.

  • @trinibago7682
    @trinibago7682 4 года назад +59

    All these people praising this man and his action!!! People!!!!!! The coup cost some folks their lives!!!!!! How in the world could that be praiseworthy?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????!! Brutal, ignorant, selfish people!!!! Sad... sad... sad, only until it hits home negatively for us we have a problem, but, "it did me good" so "bless him!" nasty human beings. Rest in peace to all those whose lives were snatched from them... and my sympathies to their loved ones who are still mourning their loses to this day.

    • @DaggerSecurity
      @DaggerSecurity 4 года назад +9

      Trini bago the point he was making was that there was no actual coup. It was staged according to him. I’m not praising him and I’m not agreeing with him. I’m just saying that you seem to have missed the point.

    • @thisrichbastard.809
      @thisrichbastard.809 4 года назад +1

      @mark daniels Kamla? MADMAN!

    • @thisrichbastard.809
      @thisrichbastard.809 4 года назад

      @mark daniels No matter what! Indeed.

    • @Itsallaboutlove52
      @Itsallaboutlove52 4 года назад +7

      mark daniels Stop spreading your racism . Where ever you’re from I can say don’t trust y’all.

    • @Itsallaboutlove52
      @Itsallaboutlove52 4 года назад +5

      His guys are some of the biggest criminals yet they praise him. Trinidad is in a mess because the people are allowing others to divide us by race. Abu Baker can’t play as if he was a rescuer because they’re one of the main groups contributing to crime. He’s full of it.

  • @meela6267
    @meela6267 2 года назад +2

    7 years later...

  • @shawnlouis1044
    @shawnlouis1044 3 года назад +1

    How did this get reccomended all of a sudden 🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @PetalStClair
    @PetalStClair 3 года назад +10

    First time I'm hearing the part about the WPC always 2 sides to every story

  • @bizzlethomas307
    @bizzlethomas307 10 лет назад +49

    lol...the part where he called him a jew because of his nose is hilarious. lol.
    that was so left field. Anyway..how the hell are people finding it hard to understand what he's saying? he's speaking clearly. Listen closely and you're good.

  • @jrosa398
    @jrosa398 10 лет назад +2

    That slim white, red an yellow magazine on the corner of his desk is the most recent version of T&T's constitution... nice placement.

  • @thakurramjattan2391
    @thakurramjattan2391 2 года назад

    R.i.p.,... 😢😢😭😭😭

  • @hibaahmed407
    @hibaahmed407 5 лет назад +26

    I love this man May god protect him!

  • @patsyabraham6201
    @patsyabraham6201 5 лет назад +3

    Love u Abu

  • @4conersentertainment239
    @4conersentertainment239 4 года назад

    Peaceful humble

  • @desireeraeburn1361
    @desireeraeburn1361 3 года назад

    Oh my I wasn't even born yet when those things happened

  • @theolamarshall-bernard
    @theolamarshall-bernard 3 года назад +5

    Good to hear the other side of the story!

  • @richardbridglal1620
    @richardbridglal1620 2 года назад +3

    Any Trinidadian viewing in 2021 👀

  • @gregvest7139
    @gregvest7139 Год назад

    God Bless Brother

  • @crystalbarasa6405
    @crystalbarasa6405 2 месяца назад

    I grew up on negative stories about this man. Seeing this video for the first time. May his soul RIP

  • @kevonjames804
    @kevonjames804 5 лет назад +4

    7:27 this is exactly the truth

  • @chillhomie7
    @chillhomie7 10 лет назад +38

    Such an intelligent conversation

  • @chelseaslater1822
    @chelseaslater1822 5 месяцев назад

    Best interview I've watched

  • @josiahcarter5146
    @josiahcarter5146 Год назад

    Very good bro!