TFWM Answers The Crying Calls of a Grieving Father.

Following the killings of two young men and one teenager near Republic Bank, on Independence Square, Port of Spain, The First Wave Movement visits the father of the teenager; Leo Williams. Speaking to the father, other residents of Beetham Gardens, and eye witnesses, The First Wave Movement was able to conclude, excessive force was used by the police which snuffed the life out of three sons, too young to even understand the consequences of bad choices. Were these young men and this teenager murdered by the police?

The police and the media is already reporting there were an exchange of gun fire. One eye witness account states, she saw a police officer planting a gun in the vehicle in which the men were killed.

Are we going to see a repeat of the circumstances surrounding the killing of PC Gilkes and the killing of the three men at Second Caledonia, Morvant, in June of 2020? Over 20 officers now face a number of charges arising out of those investigations.

It has become increasingly important for the acting Commissioner of Police, Mc Donald Jacob to establish strict standards in relation to rules of engagement by the TTPS in their pursuit and apprehension of person suspected of running afoul of the law. Too many times persons are killed when it's not necessary. This is so because of the "trigger-happy" response of police officers who were never properly trained to defuse a situation nor were they trained in communications and public relations skills.

The First Wave Movement is calling on acting Commissioner of Police, Mc Donald Jacob to launch a thorough investigation into this incident. David West of the PCA, has also been asked to launch an investigation. If the police were fired upon by the occupants of the vehicle, residents in the vicinity would have heard the exchange of fire, gun powder residue would be found on the hands of the occupants of the vehicle and off course, a gun or guns would be found in their possession, on their person or in the vehicle.