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

2014 ж. 29 Мам.
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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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  • Anyone is watching this in 2020?

    @kylajohn6847@kylajohn68474 жыл бұрын
    • Yessir

      @jamalfabien6356@jamalfabien63563 жыл бұрын
    • Yup

      @keydellkerr4493@keydellkerr44933 жыл бұрын
    • Lol Trinidad is not a real place

      @rolandastjohn5215@rolandastjohn52153 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah

      @Lanii5234@Lanii52343 жыл бұрын
    • yup

      @nathanthomas9395@nathanthomas93953 жыл бұрын
  • Can’t believe I’m only now seeing this 6 years later in 2020.

    @tjr4459@tjr44593 жыл бұрын
    • Same bro

      @darbatkidsmedia4242@darbatkidsmedia42423 жыл бұрын
    • Same here

      @jovannamitchell5308@jovannamitchell53083 жыл бұрын
    • Facts

      @jman9451@jman94513 жыл бұрын
    • Same here...

      @neishaguy@neishaguy3 жыл бұрын
    • Same... Why are we all seeing this at the same time 👀 especially near election time in trinidad 😳

      @vydonmahabir7766@vydonmahabir77663 жыл бұрын
  • Any trinidadian viewing in 2019 👀

    @reshadmohammed5586@reshadmohammed55864 жыл бұрын
    • Yurrr

      @sonsongg6666@sonsongg66664 жыл бұрын
    • Yuup

      @jerellvillaroel2931@jerellvillaroel29314 жыл бұрын
    • Yup.

      @hulkbustersmash73@hulkbustersmash734 жыл бұрын
    • Yepp

      @bigt2141@bigt21414 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @ronsocresswell733@ronsocresswell7334 жыл бұрын
  • abu bakr tall as hell. he was doing the wrong type of shooting in 1990.

    @barelyawake868@barelyawake8683 жыл бұрын
    • LMFAOOOO

      @Destinnies@Destinnies3 жыл бұрын
    • This man everywhere boy LMAO

      @JabbaDG@JabbaDG3 жыл бұрын
    • Could have been Trinidad's Kareem Abdul Jabbar lol

      @adamsamuel8593@adamsamuel85932 жыл бұрын
    • O my God give him grace

      @cherylestrada6943@cherylestrada69432 жыл бұрын
    • YH IKR HE RELL TALL

      @kachehlee678@kachehlee6782 жыл бұрын
  • who's here after learning of his death?

    @grandy@grandy2 жыл бұрын
    • Me

      @verenant4567@verenant45672 жыл бұрын
    • Weird how it came up in my suggested

      @chadnunes2929@chadnunes29292 жыл бұрын
    • Me

      @some_random_peson1722@some_random_peson17222 жыл бұрын
    • KZhead suggest it

      @k.charles683@k.charles6832 жыл бұрын
    • Me

      @jipolive@jipolive2 жыл бұрын
  • He's telling the truth. However, the rich and powerful never want peace and unity amongst the poor.

    @kizmiaz69@kizmiaz6910 жыл бұрын
    • Y would they when they could divide and rule?

      @FaddaWolf@FaddaWolf10 жыл бұрын
    • FaddaWolf so the poor would be busy fighting each other rather than fighting the rich.

      @noob.168@noob.16810 жыл бұрын
    • 😏

      @harrymuhammad9835@harrymuhammad98354 жыл бұрын
    • The dude is a jihadi

      @alper8966@alper89664 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @ameriqueindienindigene9096@ameriqueindienindigene90964 жыл бұрын
  • "Man tried to destroy the mosque and the tractor flipped on him."

    @Deeebully@Deeebully10 жыл бұрын
    • Deeebully 😂

      @ezell704@ezell7044 жыл бұрын
    • Alhamdulilah

      @helpinghand2304@helpinghand23044 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah it never happened

      @VSM101@VSM1013 жыл бұрын
    • @@VSM101 It never happened, but if it did, it is the mosque that would've flipped.

      @Afrocanuk@Afrocanuk3 жыл бұрын
    • Allahu Akbar

      @makayabutcher156@makayabutcher1563 жыл бұрын
  • Didn't know that this vid existed, KZhead just suggested it to me.

    @DjStilettoMafiosa@DjStilettoMafiosa2 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @merleclarkediaz7815@merleclarkediaz78152 жыл бұрын
    • likewise

      @daniellephillip5914@daniellephillip59142 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @ninafrederick6048@ninafrederick60482 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @allaniscedeno9485@allaniscedeno94852 жыл бұрын
  • This video is 5 years old and yet today all Abu Bakr said is happening.

    @kareemzmohammed7129@kareemzmohammed71294 жыл бұрын
    • Reemee

      @rayaddd7658@rayaddd76583 жыл бұрын
  • Just listening to this man you could tell he is well educated

    @zurielphillips2927@zurielphillips29273 жыл бұрын
    • Also very intelligent

      @shapermechanist@shapermechanist3 жыл бұрын
    • I sadly disagree

      @breadstick4187@breadstick41872 жыл бұрын
    • @@breadstick4187 bruh

      @meow6858@meow68582 жыл бұрын
    • Is brilliant people does do these things he went to QRC studied in Canada join the police service left as a sargeant BRILLIANT EH

      @chrigael5911@chrigael59112 жыл бұрын
  • Any trini watching this with me 😂

    @skullpoly1967@skullpoly19674 жыл бұрын
    • skullpoly you’re not a real trini

      @pimpiniseasy2778@pimpiniseasy27784 жыл бұрын
    • Yesssir

      @ien2864@ien28643 жыл бұрын
    • @@pimpiniseasy2778 but I am doh sorry I now seeing this

      @skullpoly1967@skullpoly19673 жыл бұрын
    • @@ien2864 u see the big scene the other day with the riots this gave me some flash backs to this video

      @skullpoly1967@skullpoly19673 жыл бұрын
    • skullpoly indo

      @pimpiniseasy2778@pimpiniseasy27783 жыл бұрын
  • "you see any swimming pools in John John" 😂😂🤣

    @krakensic669@krakensic6694 жыл бұрын
    • 🤣

      @TeamGrimm@TeamGrimm2 жыл бұрын
    • I weak 😂😂

      @renaldo6676@renaldo66762 жыл бұрын
    • 😆😆

      @nnnwtt3133@nnnwtt31332 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @blacknwhitetruthfully5325@blacknwhitetruthfully53255 жыл бұрын
    • we need a strong leader

      @8989321@89893213 жыл бұрын
    • @@8989321 we need a strong, EMPATHETIC leader.

      @fitawrarifitness6842@fitawrarifitness68422 жыл бұрын
    • Nah lie bredda di accent jus inna mi brain

      @matthewtyndale9122@matthewtyndale91222 жыл бұрын
    • he killed people idiot

      @femaledude2735@femaledude273515 күн бұрын
  • As Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) said I don't need a religion which does not allows me to fight for my freedom.

    @okeykkey@okeykkey10 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @jameswray50@jameswray5010 жыл бұрын
    • 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-ouardani154010 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @mosaabel-ouardani1540@mosaabel-ouardani154010 жыл бұрын
    • DaCamponTwee Religion cannot inspire peace, just like psychopathy cannot inspire peace. It's a mental illness.

      @Arctorkovich@Arctorkovich10 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @mosaabel-ouardani1540@mosaabel-ouardani154010 жыл бұрын
  • Who's watching in Tuesday, July 30, 2019?

    @marlonbellot.481@marlonbellot.4814 жыл бұрын
    • Came back jus got the reminder....everybody's involved!!

      @macjonez500@macjonez5004 жыл бұрын
    • I'm watching 1 of August 2019 lol

      @kizzyjoseph1536@kizzyjoseph15364 жыл бұрын
    • Friday, August 2 2019

      @kalyaangoordat3773@kalyaangoordat37734 жыл бұрын
    • @@kalyaangoordat3773 Same

      @meganpierre1880@meganpierre18804 жыл бұрын
    • Saw he recommendation several days now so watching it again after 5 years

      @anyib.3150@anyib.31504 жыл бұрын
  • I don't know if it's the accent or just his demeanour, he was very enjoyable to listen to.

    @aquarian7@aquarian74 жыл бұрын
    • Doron Berger we accent sweet

      @afromoreno7460@afromoreno74604 жыл бұрын
    • @K4 Josiah BMT

      @samuel70315@samuel703153 жыл бұрын
    • We’re known for having one of the most nice sounding accents lol😂

      @nathanaelcudjoe4165@nathanaelcudjoe4165 Жыл бұрын
  • Nothing he said in this interview was a lie.

    @shakeempierre3477@shakeempierre34778 жыл бұрын
    • What he said is common knowledge...

      @CElle572@CElle5723 жыл бұрын
  • A Netflix doc on this would be epic.

    @nixon6216@nixon62163 жыл бұрын
  • RIP to Abu BAKR, ABU BAKR died last night (Thursday October 21st 2021) at hospital after collapsing at his home 😭😭😭😭

    @keinellgarcia1994@keinellgarcia19942 жыл бұрын
    • I'm just watching this and it's very interesting

      @caro6993@caro69932 жыл бұрын
    • rest in PEACE ABU

      @fitzgeraldalexander6029@fitzgeraldalexander60292 жыл бұрын
    • “Collapsing” i would imagine……..

      @ferretman6790@ferretman6790 Жыл бұрын
    • May Allah swt grant him the highest level of paradise.

      @bobsaget9717@bobsaget9717 Жыл бұрын
    • May Allah swt grant bless soul even in the after life

      @keesie200@keesie2009 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @judahfari@judahfari6 жыл бұрын
    • @@Only-interested-in-the-truth you can see his heart?

      @showmercytoothers4059@showmercytoothers40594 жыл бұрын
    • @@showmercytoothers4059 But I know how to smell a rat. Dishonesty leaks out of some people.

      @Only-interested-in-the-truth@Only-interested-in-the-truth4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Only-interested-in-the-truth I see u have trust issues. You need to learn to trust some people.

      @CaptHC@CaptHC4 жыл бұрын
    • @@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!

      @Only-interested-in-the-truth@Only-interested-in-the-truth4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Only-interested-in-the-truth with that logic,then we shouldn't trust anyone at all?

      @CaptHC@CaptHC4 жыл бұрын
  • Fuck it now makes sense to me thats y the government signed the amnesty because Baka had dirt on them

    @nashorie@nashorie10 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly!

      @fitawrarifitness6842@fitawrarifitness68422 жыл бұрын
    • no you fool

      @femaledude2735@femaledude273515 күн бұрын
  • "I am a very lover man, and all da girls love me"- Abu Bakr.

    @JohnSmith-pv5wj@JohnSmith-pv5wj10 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂😂

      @asmaaal-meen9727@asmaaal-meen97275 жыл бұрын
    • wow slow your role kid he's a pig because he is not because he is islamic

      @Titanecks@Titanecks5 жыл бұрын
    • @Jack John you eat pig u pig

      @kaz007@kaz0075 жыл бұрын
    • " Its out of control"

      @772fortpierce@772fortpierce3 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @facesbyfafa930@facesbyfafa9302 жыл бұрын
  • Can’t believe this was 6 years ago and everything he’s talking about still happening

    @jovannamitchell5308@jovannamitchell53083 жыл бұрын
    • I still tryna figure out why this now popping up in my feed

      @jman9451@jman94513 жыл бұрын
  • "Poverty Leads To Disbelief"....

    @mandulis@mandulis5 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @nicholass3892@nicholass389210 жыл бұрын
    • Most people don't know who he is or what he did

      @IHTCAU@IHTCAU5 жыл бұрын
    • 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!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

      @kevinalexander2741@kevinalexander27414 жыл бұрын
    • Kevin Alexander true but treason is treason

      @rolandastjohn5215@rolandastjohn52153 жыл бұрын
    • We call that a boss player

      @stillirise7813@stillirise78133 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @basquiat9015@basquiat90152 жыл бұрын
  • The gentleman who speaks his heart. I love his voice and accent. Pure joy to listen.

    @kalandarism@kalandarism3 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @krystaldegannes618@krystaldegannes6182 жыл бұрын
    • WTF is wrong with you? Do you have any idea what this man did to TNT. Wake up you FUCKING idiot!

      @kuskut@kuskut2 жыл бұрын
  • He makes sense, They must have control on the streets, and people who follow the rule of law.

    @PureHeavenlySultan@PureHeavenlySultan10 жыл бұрын
    • he does talk some truth however you cannot learn everything about a man in 14 mins

      @badmnz123@badmnz12310 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @srtneonalex@srtneonalex10 жыл бұрын
    • he is a mad man that desabilizeed an entire country

      @wtfsincerlyjapan@wtfsincerlyjapan10 жыл бұрын
    • He does seem to be an intelligent man, but his morals regarding religion are horrific

      @FinalTruce@FinalTruce10 жыл бұрын
    • FinalTruce just as a reference the biggest backer of his gang is gahdafi(or was)

      @wtfsincerlyjapan@wtfsincerlyjapan10 жыл бұрын
  • 0:58 anybody else surprised he was that big!!

    @MrHotstepper89@MrHotstepper8910 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂 yessss

      @rhondaharrera1625@rhondaharrera16254 жыл бұрын
    • Nope... it’s common knowledge

      @patmccrutch3927@patmccrutch39273 жыл бұрын
  • Trinidad and Tobago would be so different if he went through with the Coup

    @aziza6574@aziza65744 жыл бұрын
    • He did go through with the coup. They burnt down the red house and people died.

      @krystaldegannes618@krystaldegannes6182 жыл бұрын
    • By now he would've had people like you bending over and holding your ankles.

      @kuskut@kuskut2 жыл бұрын
    • @@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

      @krystaldegannes618@krystaldegannes6182 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @soli82cat@soli82cat9 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @krystaldegannes618@krystaldegannes6182 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @tiax2923@tiax29232 жыл бұрын
    • @@krystaldegannes618 better than Trinidad govt corruption

      @killabee9473@killabee9473 Жыл бұрын
    • @@krystaldegannes618 u a real idiot

      @ebonyeyez5607@ebonyeyez560711 ай бұрын
    • 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

      @MrAFGKILLA@MrAFGKILLA7 ай бұрын
  • How ironic I'm watching this July 27th, 2020

    @bheemalramlogan4737@bheemalramlogan47373 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @luckyboypictures@luckyboypictures4 жыл бұрын
    • Facts

      @sonsongg6666@sonsongg66664 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @cookwithcel1455@cookwithcel14552 жыл бұрын
    • @@cookwithcel1455 Thanks to Covid it put the project on the back burner but starting to work on it again, thanks for asking,

      @luckyboypictures@luckyboypictures2 жыл бұрын
    • @@luckyboypictures waiting

      @kevonjames2621@kevonjames26212 жыл бұрын
    • @@kevonjames2621 Thanks Kevon, all the best.

      @luckyboypictures@luckyboypictures2 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @user-zg9bt6eb2r@user-zg9bt6eb2r2 жыл бұрын
    • Oh my

      @stacyr4768@stacyr47683 күн бұрын
  • Believe it or not but my grandfather trained Abu bakr to be a police officer

    @isaacbrathwaite145@isaacbrathwaite1453 жыл бұрын
  • I could watch this over and over and over

    @TT-qd4eb@TT-qd4eb3 жыл бұрын
  • 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 !

    @KingGabrielQuincyCollymore@KingGabrielQuincyCollymore10 жыл бұрын
    • 08:40 discipline better than laws

      @londonbowcat1@londonbowcat1 Жыл бұрын
  • That interviewer ask questions in a detective manner patiently and picking when to.

    @VinzofTay30@VinzofTay304 жыл бұрын
  • Big up to anyone watching in 2020

    @MegaShredder101@MegaShredder1014 жыл бұрын
  • It's how in 2018 we are seeing what he's talking about

    @sairahramsingh9756@sairahramsingh97565 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @KrazyClickGaming@KrazyClickGaming10 жыл бұрын
    • True but it is one sided.

      @SohnDesMenschen@SohnDesMenschen10 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @KrazyClickGaming@KrazyClickGaming10 жыл бұрын
    • you are right

      @martinmohammed3351@martinmohammed335110 жыл бұрын
    • CROSS i live here the government is f**ked up

      @martinmohammed3351@martinmohammed335110 жыл бұрын
    • Barry these older heads only tell half truths a lot of the time, that's all I'm saying.

      @SohnDesMenschen@SohnDesMenschen10 жыл бұрын
  • Nobody: KZhead: let’s recommend this 6 years later

    @kurapika4860@kurapika48603 жыл бұрын
  • Is there a part 2? I want more!!

    @begreat2day556@begreat2day5564 жыл бұрын
  • Part 2 let’s goooo😭😭

    @raulsimms4399@raulsimms43992 жыл бұрын
  • 💪🏾 Ralo brought me here. Thanks for spreading the message my brother

    @sheltonpittman4845@sheltonpittman48456 ай бұрын
  • Here we are 31 years after.

    @destinymonticeuex6561@destinymonticeuex65612 жыл бұрын
    • I now watching dis in 2021 n everything is coming tuh past💀💀

      @nicholashercules8852@nicholashercules88522 жыл бұрын
  • I'm a Jamaican and the same problem exist here criminals in high places is the problem.

    @johnrutty6029@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
    • @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@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
    • @Da Royal General system a fraud .

      @johnrutty6029@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
    • @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@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
    • @Da Royal General dat me say to general we all living a lie.

      @johnrutty6029@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
    • @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.

      @johnrutty6029@johnrutty60294 жыл бұрын
  • Still here 2021

    @crimsoncodm5870@crimsoncodm58702 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @randyneil6161@randyneil61616 жыл бұрын
    • The story of Dole Chadee lines up with what he is saying.

      @analisabennett345@analisabennett3452 жыл бұрын
  • insightful

    @happydre4197@happydre41978 жыл бұрын
  • I really like his metaphor for running a home correctly and reflecting your wife and children, great metaphor for any and all government..

    @TheShenmueMaster@TheShenmueMaster10 жыл бұрын
  • His own foot soldiers became the worst gangs still around today.

    @keez994@keez9944 жыл бұрын
  • All my trini people from lavantile

    @jacksonamari8712@jacksonamari87123 жыл бұрын
  • 2020 learning about my mother homeland

    @slowshowmoney4915@slowshowmoney49154 жыл бұрын
  • Who's here when he passed away.... R.I.P

    @Aydan.tt_@Aydan.tt_2 жыл бұрын
  • 7 years later...

    @meela6267@meela62672 жыл бұрын
  • 2021... I missed it till now too!

    @mariacassius-ndibe3289@mariacassius-ndibe32892 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @FaddaWolf@FaddaWolf10 жыл бұрын
    • For real. This man brought so much pain for so many families. And now he gets to gloss over it with a smile.

      @andycalimara@andycalimara3 жыл бұрын
    • @@andycalimara Exactly. A truly evil man we do not need at all.

      @Isochest@Isochest3 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @marcoprimo4042@marcoprimo40422 жыл бұрын
    • @@marcoprimo4042 Bakr is like them. A Power Seeking crook

      @Isochest@Isochest2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Isochest that's your person opinion, not based on facts.

      @marcoprimo4042@marcoprimo40422 жыл бұрын
  • One of the best convos i have ever seen ...

    @johnaguilera1152@johnaguilera115210 жыл бұрын
  • Trinidadian watching in October 2021 🇹🇹

    @MasterTheKeys@MasterTheKeys2 жыл бұрын
  • Who’s watching this August 12 2019

    @hecki3528@hecki35284 жыл бұрын
    • Born & raised in T&T! I was there for this. This is eye opening!

      @Trini1169@Trini11694 жыл бұрын
  • I'm actually one of his granddaughters 🙂🤚

    @anniyah1774@anniyah17742 жыл бұрын
    • He is a good man

      @stillirise7813@stillirise78132 жыл бұрын
    • Rip to your grand dad.

      @rosemariegray-olabiran7991@rosemariegray-olabiran79912 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @trinibago7682@trinibago76824 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @DaggerSecurity@DaggerSecurity4 жыл бұрын
    • @mark daniels Kamla? MADMAN!

      @thisrichbastard.809@thisrichbastard.8094 жыл бұрын
    • @mark daniels No matter what! Indeed.

      @thisrichbastard.809@thisrichbastard.8094 жыл бұрын
    • mark daniels Stop spreading your racism . Where ever you’re from I can say don’t trust y’all.

      @Itsallaboutlove52@Itsallaboutlove524 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @Itsallaboutlove52@Itsallaboutlove524 жыл бұрын
  • Big up to da realest 💯 #takber 🔥

    @adamseunath4231@adamseunath42316 жыл бұрын
  • I learned a lot including a new word reciprocate

    @kodi_jay3806@kodi_jay38064 жыл бұрын
  • Interesting time for this to be recommended He passed a few days ago

    @JabbaDG@JabbaDG2 жыл бұрын
  • 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@VanaeCavae10 жыл бұрын
    • ***** 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 :)

      @VanaeCavae@VanaeCavae10 жыл бұрын
    • agreed

      @JohnSmith-uu5bo@JohnSmith-uu5bo10 жыл бұрын
    • ***** 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."

      @Kaelyzz@Kaelyzz10 жыл бұрын
    • ***** 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

      @jinglebells5838@jinglebells583810 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @omarmenasy4046@omarmenasy404610 жыл бұрын
  • The Trinidad accent is so elegant,sounds like old British mixed with a Caribbean inflection.

    @satanspy@satanspy11 күн бұрын
  • Any Trinidadian viewing in 2021 👀

    @richardbridglal1620@richardbridglal16202 жыл бұрын
  • He speaks from his heart, sounds like an upstanding man

    @pi84ent@pi84ent5 жыл бұрын
    • People died in the coup

      @krystaldegannes618@krystaldegannes6182 жыл бұрын
    • 10:20 why a holistic problem

      @londonbowcat1@londonbowcat1 Жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @hajileserpud9539@hajileserpud95398 жыл бұрын
    • 13:00 a Jewish nose ?

      @londonbowcat1@londonbowcat1 Жыл бұрын
  • Very interesting interview.

    @majolusjohn4075@majolusjohn40752 жыл бұрын
  • No charges stuck because of the amnesty which was offered, but presently charges can now be pressed because that ruling has since been overturned.

    @bondarkenergy@bondarkenergy3 жыл бұрын
  • I could verify much of what he said. Ask me, I could tell stories. And I knew him personally.

    @dirkantoine1@dirkantoine110 жыл бұрын
    • ***** 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.

      @dirkantoine1@dirkantoine110 жыл бұрын
    • Dirk Antoine hmmmmzz sounds more legit lolzzz u look like u kno yo stuff

      @JovanRam@JovanRam10 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @dirkantoine1@dirkantoine19 жыл бұрын
    • Interesting,

      @letslearnarabic2812@letslearnarabic28129 жыл бұрын
    • really interesting stuff. why wouldnt the muslims destroy the guns instead of "giving" them to the gangs?

      @AzWanderers@AzWanderers7 жыл бұрын
  • I like this guy.

    @XAXMirzaX@XAXMirzaX10 жыл бұрын
  • Wow.... I hope the youths see this

    @adominique7667@adominique76674 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @V4V0206@V4V020610 жыл бұрын
    • facts

      @DaleCupid@DaleCupid10 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @englishowl@englishowl10 жыл бұрын
    • Fast forward 2019 and things are just getting worst

      @ishmaelcrosby9560@ishmaelcrosby95604 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @djtrippd@djtrippd10 жыл бұрын
    • Extra judicial killings

      @londonbowcat1@londonbowcat1 Жыл бұрын
  • Anybody watching 2021 👀

    @levangooray3159@levangooray31592 жыл бұрын
  • Peaceful humble

    @4conersentertainment239@4conersentertainment2394 жыл бұрын
  • First time I'm hearing the part about the WPC always 2 sides to every story

    @PetalStClair@PetalStClair3 жыл бұрын
  • I love this man May god protect him!

    @hibaahmed407@hibaahmed4075 жыл бұрын
  • @3:13 Allah knows best💪❤

    @jadeking5522@jadeking55225 жыл бұрын
  • WOW he recalled the Rodney King situation...you right..when the land is saturated with discontent..explosion.

    @k2sportsande.n.t501@k2sportsande.n.t5014 жыл бұрын
  • God Bless Brother

    @gregvest7139@gregvest7139 Жыл бұрын
  • Ok as a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago I have something to say on the matter. Firstly if Abu Bakr is innocent as he claims to be, how did he get the guns to "police" the streets and form a coup. Guns are not manufactured in Trinidad nor were they cheap to get in mass numbers. Now I'm not saying he's the only one who was involved in the coup as ministers were conveniently missing that day. But he is free today because of a forced amnesty at gunpoint in Parliament.

    @anthonyaleong9598@anthonyaleong959810 жыл бұрын
    • You know your opinion should be heard. Listen to this what about now in 2019 ? The deaths, the rapes, The drug dealing in the poorest regions of the country. He isn't reponsible for this last 15 teen years of lawlessness. The politicians are allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the island illegally. Thats for the prostitution to go hand in hand with drug use. That brings tourism!!!!! Wake up! Ya sleep! Dont let them distract you.

      @kevinalexander2741@kevinalexander27414 жыл бұрын
  • are ANY of you ppl commenting Trinidadians? Have yall lived in this country post the Coup? Are any of you commenting lost family and/or friends due to Abu Bakr's actions? ................... *crickets.... Thought so.....setta myopic keyboard thugs.

    @rawlemurrell8595@rawlemurrell859510 жыл бұрын
  • Any Trinidadian watching in 2021

    @avalonmondesir8908@avalonmondesir89082 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @bizzlethomas307@bizzlethomas30710 жыл бұрын
  • Rest In Peace 🙏

    @joshabasraj8718@joshabasraj87182 жыл бұрын
  • Such an intelligent conversation

    @chillhomie7@chillhomie710 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @jrosa398@jrosa39810 жыл бұрын
  • R.i.p.,... 😢😢😭😭😭

    @thakurramjattan2391@thakurramjattan23912 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @TheKeithvidz@TheKeithvidz6 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @kvid77@kvid774 ай бұрын
  • Love u Abu

    @patsyabraham6201@patsyabraham62015 жыл бұрын
  • Am new here, although I learned/know about the history. Talking about it today with my friend I decided to come here

    @reynessaable@reynessaable2 жыл бұрын
  • Best interview I've watched

    @chelseaslater1822@chelseaslater18224 ай бұрын
  • some wise words! good video nice to hear another view point he speaks some sense and truths not rocket science! peace out

    @benwinstanley101@benwinstanley10110 жыл бұрын
  • He named himself after the 1st Islamic Caliphate! Abu Bakr, and was prepared to "Rightly Guide." the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago.

    @tms9995@tms99952 жыл бұрын
    • That sounds pretty bad. Like a murderous Stalin. "Rightly Guide" as an AUTOCRAT!!! Like hell !

      @danfield6030@danfield6030 Жыл бұрын
    • @@danfield6030Okay

      @tms9995@tms9995 Жыл бұрын
  • KZhead suggesting this to me on the 30 anniversary of the incident. Well done algorithm

    @rashispika@rashispika3 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @MOBA-King-WildRift@MOBA-King-WildRift3 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly things hadda change

      @meriez2892@meriez28923 жыл бұрын
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