Shanendon Eugene Cartwright is a Bahamian politician from the opposition Free National Movement.
[4] Cartwright was executive chairman of the Bahamas Public Parks and Beaches Authority.
[6] On 4 December 2024, Cartwright threw the parliamentary mace out of a window, after feeling Speaker Patricia Deveaux did not let him speak.
[7] This move paralleled an incident in 1965, when the leader of the opposition also threw the mace out of a window, pushing for political change, in an event since dubbed "Black Tuesday".
[8] It followed reports from US federal prosecutors that Bahamian officials were facilitating imports of cocaine into the United States in exchange for bribes.