Senator Chea slams IG Coleman: 'Partisan policing is no policing —professionalism is dead under your watch'!
- Michael T
- Oct 3
- 2 min read
“Why Deputy Minister J. Bryant McGill hasn't been arrested? Is he untouchable?
IG Gregory Coleman is dead wrong. No DNA or forensic evidence is required to arrest a criminal suspect. If so, on what forensic evidence did he arrest and charge former Speaker Koffa et al for arson? Or does he apply different standards for different criminal suspects?
That Deputy Minister J. Bryant McGill is a free man is an obstruction of justice. Shielding him from arrest under the pretext of the lack of DNA evidence is a political cover-up. Nobody should be above the law because of their position or political connections. Former Speaker Koffa and other lawmakers -- people of higher stature -- did not have such a dispensation, simply because they're from the opposition, not the ruling party.
Mr. Inspector General, the police do not need DNA evidence to arrest the alleged rapist; they can arrest him on probable cause -- a reasonable or credible belief (based on facts and circumstances) that a rape was committed and that J. Bryant McGill committed the rape. (Note that police is a plural noun)
The following facts and circumstances have established probable cause:
• The 14-year-old girl or victim said she was raped.
• A medical report supports penetration or injury.
• She identified J. Bryant McGill as the perpetrator.
• The police have video footage related to the crime.
That's enough for probable cause, even without the video footage. The police do not need DNA or trial level-proof to make an arrest.
Using different standards for criminal arrests not only violates the equal protection guaranteed by the Constitution but erodes public confidence in the criminal justice system. Truth be told, the police under Gregory Coleman have become too partisan. Professionalism is dead, sadly!
Rape is a grave sexual offense. It violates the dignity of the victim, leaving deep emotional and psychological scars.
Worse so, this is a case of an alleged rape of a minor, 14-year- old, by an adult. This is statutory rape by default under our law and a non-bailable crime. (See Title 26, Section 14.70 of the Penal Code as amended)
The time for cover up is over. Arrest J. Bryant McGill now! Prompt: need a very sentimental caption. “— Senator Augustine Chea of Sinoe County.
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