A scene from Monday’s street protest in St D’Acre, St Ann. A policeman accused of killing Glester White has been taken off front-line duty.
The off-duty cop accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Glester White in St D’Acre, St Ann, on Sunday has been removed from front-line duty as the police and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) carry out their probes.
The policeman has also been summoned to an interview by INDECOM which is set for Tuesday.
But even as investigations have been launched, scores of residents took to the streets on Monday in a fiery protest over the killing.
Carl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer
The St Ann community of St D’Acre near Alexandria remains tense following Sunday s fiery protest over the fatal shooting of a man by a cop. Residents claim that the policeman killed 43-year-old farmer and mason, Glester White without reason. Angry residents later set fire to the policeman s car as well as to a house belonging to his relatives. One of the policeman s relatives had called him to the community to quell a dispute over a water tank on a property leased by White. The confrontation was reportedly sparked by White s decision to deny water to a little girl on Sunday morning.