Why box up “Faada”?

Phillip “Faada” Henry

Philip “Faada” Henry is an outspoken community activist was assaulted on Friday morning as he dropped off a female friend at the bus terminal on East Collet Canal. According to Henry, threats were made against his life by two men, who were reportedly intoxicated, alighted a pickup truck registered to the Sports Council. A police officer, Wilbert Chi, who intervened to break up the fight was also attacked by the men. Henry and Chi told News Five today how the violence unfolded.

Phillip “Faada” Henry, Assaulted

“A vehicle pulls up behind me and it was filled with U.D.P. supporters alongside…the driver was a Hispanic female; actually the female was all over the individual in the vehicle so I knew that right away something was wrong because they were making a lot of noise. Then I heard somebody said their goes the P.U.P.; let’s kill him. I noticed that Mister Brian Audinett was the driver who was in the front, better known as “Yellow Man.” Alognside him was a young man by the name of Brian who dehn call the “Wallet man.”  Alan came up to me and said, we wah kill yo. So I turned away and said I noh want nothing with unu and I turned to pay for my food and that’s when he struck me into my cheek, dismantled my cheek from my mouth and send a huge cut inside my mouth. My jaw was swelling so badly I had to get three injections that Friday from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.”

P.C. Wilbert Chi, Assaulted

Wilbert Chi

“All of a sudden I see wah pickup truck rush by and I see two male persons come out; I neva know dehn deh up to something. So I neva pay attention, but two persons come outta di vehicle. Dehn gone approach wah next male person whereby I neva know he dah di one dehn call father. Then I see Yellow Man, I know him as a well known figure to me. And I noticed ih gone insult Mister Faada and lotta thing dehn tell ahn. Then all of a sudden, I see the next one come behind the vehicle from the tailgate and punch Mister Faada on ih right jaw, then Yellow Man punch ahn ina ih left eye. So I gone and I tell them Breds, I am a police officer, first thing I do and say—but I was off duty. So I tell them relax unuself, calm unuself down; unu noh need to go through all ah this. When I talk to this person now, Yellow Man come from behind and hit me from right yah. I drop and I gone knock out. Most of my head get knock up and after words when I get conscious, I see my shirt blood up and the vehicle done gone. So I just call mobile tell them what happened. And then when mobile come by and ker mi dah hospital.”

Phillip “Faada” Henry

“When you say that to me, you turn me back into the monster I used to be back in the days when I grew up on Kelly Street with Itza. I was all of these boys leader at one time if you don’t know. I have a monster in me and I don’t want to bring it out. If they wants to play hard ball, remember when the government formed, Faada was there; the biggest part of them who formed them. The streets, I control the streets and they don’t want me to get back revenge. And that is why I am going to do it this way. I’m going to take it to Miser Seguro, to the Commissioner of Police and I am going to come after you. I am going to come to the full force.”

Both Henry and Chi have logged a report with the Police Department on the incident. Henry says that he will press charges against his two assailants.