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Chainsaw operator suffers broken arm after encounter with
– N/A police
A chainsaw operator in New Amsterdam is accusing some police ranks of the Central Police Station of breaking his left arm.
According to Leroy Bender, 21, at about 7:30pm last Thursday, whilst returning home at Church Street, Angoy’s Avenue, he encountered a group of policemen dressed in blue uniforms in a gold- coloured police vehicle.
He said the vehicle swerved and blocked his path and the officers told him that they were looking for him and ordered him into the vehicle.
After complying and being ordered to lie facedown, Bender said that he then questioned the officers as to what merited his arrest.
“They hauled a bird wood and fired a lash to me, Bender said. Ah three lash to one place. Moments later, they placed him at the Central Police Station lock- ups.
“I say, ‘officer I am feeling terrible pain’. He [the officer] say, ‘go in the cell and dead’”, Bender alleged.
He was released on Friday morning after which he visited the New Amsterdam Hospital where he received medical attention including an x-ray. His left hand had been broken.
“Them beat me hand till it bruk”.
Bender then made a report of the matter to Officer Dass at Central Police Station after which he was told to visit the complaints’ desk located at the Central Police Station. A statement was taken from Bender and he was sent back to the N/A Hospital for a police medical. This newspaper saw the medical which stated that Bender’s hand was broken.
At last one person claimed to have witnessed the beating.
“When I come out from me verandah, I saw the police van; I see when they firing the last lash on this boy. I hollered on them and said, ‘you can’t lash the man like that’. One of the police curse and said, ‘You want to do the f*&^ing police work’ and he drive and gone”, the resident said.
The resident also alleged the ranks struck Bender with a wooden pole that persons stuck into the ground to hang their bird-cages on.
“Them pull out the pole and was beating he. Sheer curse, all ah them cursing up. Bender is calling for justice and compensation for his broken hand.
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