Take action to stop police brutality now in Guyana

Mar 08, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor
It would seem that the Guyana Police Force has not learnt from last July’s Linden experience. The Guyana Police Force still does not know how to handle peaceful protest or passive resistance.
I just viewed a video of the brutal assault inflicted by a police corporal on defenseless miners’ men, women and child. This was brutality at its worst; here you have men, women and child lying defenseless on the ground, and this power drunk police corporal beating them without mercy. Not once in that video did they assault him.
The miners were protesting their removal from area, whether they were there illegally or not, there is a legal process to address that. Guyanese have a right to protest, the problem is the Guyana Police do not seem to have the training on how to deal with such situation.
This policeman, not satisfied with beating the defenseless miners, went to a nearby bush, cut a piece of stick about three to four feet long, and went on a rampage against the defenseless men, women and children lying on the ground.
This policeman may have thought that it was in the jungle and no one would know, but in the age of cell phone camera and video, the public can see what transpired. Not only should this bully of a policeman be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but also those other police officers who stood by and witnessed it, while making no attempt to intervened or stop the brutality, are equally guilty as the corporal who inflicted the beatings.
The video is very clear on this latest evidence of police brutality. Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell needs no clearer evidence, the question remains when will he implement meaningful training so men can deal with protesters. For the moment they seem untrained; it appears to be more “brawn” than “brain”
Ralph Seeram

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