Police Abuse in Trinidad at the Oval.

A little video that I saw on facebook, I am not happy with the way the situation was dealt with and I am of the opinion that the officer that pulled out his firearm endangered the public and put innocent lives in danger by pointing his loaded firearm at the crown (the officer further slipped which also added to the dangerous situation). I personally think that the officer that pulled the gun should be fired and never allowed to carry a firearm in Trinidad. What do you guys think? Post below if you think the cop should be immediately fired or he did a good job.

P.S. I did also notice a few plastic bottles being thrown at the officers after the gun incident which could have further escalated the situation, I do not condone such action.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to this video, it's sound track or its contents and I am just sharing it for educational purposes under the "Fair Use Act".

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[5029]

The firearm is only supposed to be drawn if the life of either the officer or others around him are in danger. The rasta was clearly not a threat to anyone but himself. The officer pointed a loaded firearm at the crowd thus he is a threat to public safety and should be immediately relieved of his duty and arrested for public endangerment.

[5029]

@ArunVevo lol I wonder if that's a hint about his training or background?

[868metalkid]

when alyuh here in trini wanna get on like assholes supporting shit an we outnumbered in a crowd ....expect no different....yes i agree about safety but what about our safety ?

[31deathreaper]

THIS IS POLICE JOB THE CROWD HAD NO RITE GET ON LIKE THAT<<< I WOULD OF TEAR GAS AN LET THEM HAVE IT ....

[siograeme21]

@5029 somewhere between 0:46-0:48, correct me if i saw wrong. You see where people get alot of misinformation, please don't say that police protocol and training requires officers to keep their firearms holstered unless immediate life threatened crap, An officer doing a quick frisk, doesn't his partner have his firearm drawn and isnt he in a covering position? isnt the firearm kept pointing in a safe position? The reason for that is because, it puts him in a position to quicker respond to

[siograeme21]

@5029 Not teargas and rubber bullets and physical force? If the officers felt that the crowd would have mobbed them, when were they to start preparing for defensive measures. Notice, the officer keeps his firearm pointed in a safe direction all the way up to 1:53 and other officers had there batons in hand. are u then saying to me, that the batons and firearm should have been kept at bay and they gone in with nothing in hand. Notice, the officers appeared to already have been pelted at

[siograeme21]

@5029 Im just wondering here, you know the crowd wasn't anti-police because you are an expert in crowd control? You know the crowd just booed because of his method, to me, the video shows differently. Again my stance has and always will be, this is from what i see on the video and not actually being there. You see you're looking at half the story, if the crowd had mobbed the officer, crowd control expert, what would have then been the next step by the police? What is normally done?

[5029]

@siograeme21 The environment was not "anti-police" it was the method that upset the people. Certain methods are required when dealing with masses of people, if that were England the officer would have been mobbed by the crowd for his unfair treatment of the detainee. If you are wondering "YES" I am an expert in crowd control.

[5029]

@siograeme21 Wrong, the Police have a protocol to follow and part of their training requires that a firearm not be drawn unless a life is in immediate danger. The said officer drew his firearm simply because he lost his cool and was and became clearly enraged.

[5029]

@siograeme21 If you took the time to read the details of the video you would have seen that my only issue was with the officer endangering the lives of the general public by drawing his firearm and thus creating a dangerous situation. The rest of the details cannot be fully understood because none of us saw it from the beginning. The only fact that we have is that the officer drew his firearm and pointed it at the crowd which presented a very dangerous situation.