A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR THREE (3) MEN SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS NEAR THE AUTO GURU, AT SECOND CALEDONIA ROAD, MORVANT, TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY TO COMMEMORATE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATHS.
• THE KILLINGS OF 38-YEAR-OLD JOEL JACOB AKA LION, ON HIS BIRTHDAY; HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND 46-YEAR-OLD NOEL DIAMOND; AND FELLOW VILLAGER 27-YEAR-OLD ISRAEL MOSES CLINTON, ON JUNE 27TH, 2020, SPARKED SPORADIC PROTESTS IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS TRINIDAD FOR TWO (2) SUCCESSIVE DAYS.
• OVER THE WEEKEND, THE NEWSDAY REPORTED THAT THE DPP’S OFFICE GAVE ADVICE TO POLICE OFFICERS PROBING THE INCIDENT TO DETAIN 18 POLICEMEN, SEVEN (7) OF WHOM FIRED THEIR WEAPONS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRIPLE KILLINGS.
• THE OFFICERS FACE CHARGES OF HOMICIDE, PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE, MISBEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND MAKING FALSE STATION DIARY ENTRIES.
• THE KILLINGS OF THE THREE MEN WERE CAPTURED ON NEARBY CCTV CAMERAS AND CAME HOURS AFTER A POLICE OFFICER WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THE AREA.
