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Beenie Man apologises to Christians and Church |
Popular dancehall entertainer Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis is offering his humble
public apology to the members of the St. Andrew Parish Church, the Christian fraternity,
and relatives of deceased whose remains are interred in the church's cemetery.
The entertainer says he emphatically sorry about the misunderstanding that
has arisen and wants the Christian fraternity who are incensed about the videotaping
to know that he would never knowingly do anything demeaning to offend the Christian
or no other doctrine.
Mr. Davis says he along with the video crew takes full responsibility for their
actions and regrets that they hadn't gotten the necessary permission, and even
after agreeing to pull all the video clips after the injunction was taken against
it being shown.
Unfortunately, after the injunction was filed on Friday (September 28), a late
miscommunication between the hosts of the popular entertainment programme ER
aired on TVJ and Beenie Man's production team resulted in the video being shown
the same night.
Prior to the airing, attempts were made to remove sections of the footage showing
the church and the tombstones, but at the time they were unable to find the
right person to do the editing.
The video was recorded for Beenie Man's singles 'Mama's Cry/Gangsta's Prayer'
and is a depiction of the crime and violence now taking place in the society.
Beenie Man said he was tired of seeing how many people and friends of his were
ending up in the grave and it is his way of showing his condemnation of the
murders and violence.
The church took out an injunction that effectively bars the defendants from
publishing, broadcasting or releasing for publication or broadcast in any audiovisual
media the music video films or other visual images recorded by Beenie Man's
production team.
The matter is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court on October 11.
Click on the link below to see the video clip:
http://www.outaroad.com/2007/10/beenie_man_in_trouble_with_the.html |
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