Get the Apps Commissioner not commenting on the Good Friday incident says senior officer
Article by April 9, 2021
As the controversy builds surrounding the intervention of Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a Good Friday incident involving police officers and the owner of The Cook Shop at Deacons Road, St Michael, the police chief is adamant he has nothing to say on the matter.
When
Barbados TODAY reached out to Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith this morning for comment, this media house was told by his Staff Officer Acting Superintendent Sonia Boyce that the Prime Minister had already spoken and that Griffith won’t be making any statement.
Belle, Wickham say details needed from police and businessman
Article by April 7, 2021
Two of the country’s leading political scientists have concluded that Prime Minister Mia Mottley did not act outside her legal authority during a highly-publicised interaction with a Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) officer that has raised questions about potential abuse of power from the highest office in the land.
Retired Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies Dr. George Belle however contends that even if Mottley was not legally at fault, her actions could be interpreted as a show of intimidation toward law enforcement officials.