CHAOS IN PORT OF SPAIN ON MONDAY 4th JULY, 2022, AS IRATE RESIDENTS BLOCKED SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL CITY IN PROTEST OF THE THREE (3) MALES, AMONG THEM TWO (2) TEENAGERS, SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS OF THE GUARD AND EMERGENCY BRANCH IN DOWNTOWN PORT OF SPAIN EARLY ON SATURDAY 2ND JULY, 2022.
• THERE WAS TRAFFIC FOR MILES AND MILES ALONG THE CHURCHILL ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY IN PORT OF SPAIN, THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN AND OUT OF THE CITY, AS IRATE RESIDENTS BLOCKED THE HIGHWAY WITH DEBRIS WHICH THEY SET ON FIRE.
• OFFICERS HAD TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR COLLEAGUES WITHIN OTHER DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS AND EVEN THE DEFENCE FORCE WAS CALLED OUT TO ASSIST IN RESTORING LAW AND ORDER.
• ROADWAYS ALONG NELSON, QUEEN, CHARLOTTE, DUNCAN AND CHACON STREETS IN PORT OF SPAIN WERE BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS WHICH WAS SET ABLAZE.
• EVEN THE LADY YOUNG ROAD IN MORVANT WAS BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS WHICH WAS ALSO SET ON FIRE.
• THAT PROTEST MAY HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY THE POLICE KILLING OF 23-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN SPRINGER AKA RATTY, WHO WAS SHOT DEAD INSIDE HIS HOUSE AT SECOND CALEDONIA ROAD, MORVANT HOURS AFTER THE PORT OF SPAIN KILLINGS.• TODAY’S MULTIPLE PROTESTS ACTIONS WERE REMINISCENT OF THE JUNE 29TH 2020 PROTESTS, DAYS AFTER THREE FRIENDS WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS OF THE IATF AND THE GUARD AND EMERGENCY BRANCH INSIDE A CAR AT SECOND CALEDONIA ROAD, MORVANT.
• 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.
SWMCOL’S RECYCLING TYRE FACILITY IN SEA LOTS WAS BREACHED AND THOUSANDS OF TIRES WERE SET ON FIRE WHICH SENT HUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO THE SKY AND THE CITY.