by Ben Dover
A Police Officer told me today he was so embarrassed last night at Melissa Skerrit launching. He said there was an area which was blocked off by the Police and which they were given instructions not to allow any vehicular traffic through. He said the boys who hang out on the block by Charlo and River street (Melisia passie) were demanding to go through. They told the 5 police officers there that they were part of her motorcade.
Following instructions they received from the authorities, the police were refusing to allow the boys through and they started kicking the barricade to throw it down. The police said the fellars on the mic started calling the police damn ass and playing the recording where skerrit is saying he run things. The guys on the mic were also saying the same thing.
He said they eventually made the guys pass because they saw that a problem would ensue. The Police said the other police officers who were with him notice two inspectors standing about 70 ft away whilst this went on for a few minutes and they did nothing. They never moved or inquired to see what was happening.
The guy told me they were so embarrassed. He said the police force has come to nothing because gangsters from the streets, with the help of the authorities, are now running things in Dominica.
They said there were civilians standing a round recording what was happening. Some of these civilians came and told them don’t worry and they are sorry that they were embarrassed.