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Slashed cop retaliates by dislocating teen’s jaw
The police rank who was featured on the front page of this publication yesterday after he was attacked by an angry mob, has allegedly sought retribution on the one person he managed to arrest and has reportedly dislocated the jaw of the 19 year-old Sophia youth.
19 year-old Ishaka John, displaying his swollen jaw
After being released from custody on $15,000 station bail yesterday, the teen visited this publication to relate his ordeal.
Ishaka John, who is employed at a car wash on Alexander Street, Kitty, said that everything stemmed from a vehicular mishap which saw the police being called in.
He said that the driver of a car hit another one whilst reversing out of the car wash and the owner of one of the vehicles opted to call the police.
Police Constable Roderick Mc Donald, responded to the report and upon arrival at the scene, he reportedly attempted to arrest a man who was a customer at the establishment at the time. According to John, he intervened and told the police rank that he should not be accosting the man, since he was not involved in the matter relating to the two cars.
An altercation reportedly ensued between the man, the police and other individuals which resulted in the policeman’s injury.
According to John, the police rank eventually held on to him and with the help of a licensed firearm holder, took him to the Kitty Police Station.
John told this publication that when he was placed on the bench at the police station, Mc Donald reportedly told him “is in hey ah want you, I gun kill you in hey.”
John said that the Sergeant who was at the station at the time attempted to calm down Mc Donald, who was telling the youth “ya’ll de want bank me I gun deal with you.”
The Sophia teen said that Mc Donald, surprisingly dealt him a punch to the face, which dislocated his jaw.
To make matters worse, John said that the ranks denied him a telephone call and after taking him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) he was taken to the Prashad Nagar outpost where he was held overnight and for the better part of yesterday.
Lynette Mc Kay, the teenager’s mother who visited this publication along with her son last evening, said that she received a call from someone who told her to head to the Kitty Police Station since her son was being beaten there.
Mc Kay said that when she arrived at the station, the ranks were adamant that there was no such incident and that her son was not there.
According to Mc Kay, she made numerous checks to other police stations but all denied having her son in custody.
John told this publication that while at the Prashad Nagar outpost, one rank felt sorry for him and allowed him a phone call, at which point in time he called his mother.
The woman said that she was given the royal run around until late yesterday afternoon when her son was released on bail, on the condition that he return to the station tomorrow.
According to John, when he visited GPHC, a surgery was scheduled for him at the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre for 08:00hrs yesterday morning but instead he was kept in custody.
When he visited this publication yesterday, the young man was in possession of several x-ray images which illustrated that his jaw was indeed dislocated. It was visibly swollen.
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