Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs went to Moruga Thursday to try to quell the demonstrations over the police killing of three young people. However his efforts were in vain.
Gibbs met with family members of Abigail Johnson, Allana Duncan and Kerron Eccles at the St Mary's Government Primary School while police stood on guard outside. The commissioner explained the procedure for investigating a homicide but that didn't please the families.
The protest has been going on all week. And the people there say they won't end it unless the officers involved in the shooting are suspended and charged. They say Gibbs told relatives that the policemen would not be suspended.
The villagers dispute the police version of the story. Police reports say officers were responding to a crime report and shot the victims during a shootout; the villagers deny that and insist that there was no shootout. They accuse the police of an "assassination".
They have delayed the funerals for the victims and are demanding that the bodies be examined again as part of the homicide investigation.
Gibbs met with family members of Abigail Johnson, Allana Duncan and Kerron Eccles at the St Mary's Government Primary School while police stood on guard outside. The commissioner explained the procedure for investigating a homicide but that didn't please the families.
The protest has been going on all week. And the people there say they won't end it unless the officers involved in the shooting are suspended and charged. They say Gibbs told relatives that the policemen would not be suspended.
The villagers dispute the police version of the story. Police reports say officers were responding to a crime report and shot the victims during a shootout; the villagers deny that and insist that there was no shootout. They accuse the police of an "assassination".
They have delayed the funerals for the victims and are demanding that the bodies be examined again as part of the homicide investigation.
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