Constable Everton Gittens is back on the job. Sources told the Sunday Sun the lawman returned to his substantive post at the Drug Squad about two months ago. Last December the 55-year-old was cleared of the charge of murdering Selwyn “Blues” Knight on March 15, 2015, and recklessly engaging in conduct which placed Junior Knight, son of the deceased, in danger of death or serious bodily harm, as well as …
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Our recently renamed Barbados Police Service has had its fair share of entanglements over the years. They have included accusations of political interference, excessive use of force on detainees, sloppy investigations and even lashes from the Bench about their reliance on suspiciously convenient confessions from a high percentage of murder accused.To be fair, the image of policing around the world has taken a major hit, none more so than in 2020 with the George Floyd killing in the United States. The public execution in broad daylight of a suspect at the hands of police officers has done nothing to soothe the public perception that some police officers are prone to abuse their power.Here in Barbados measures have been introduced to quell public disquiet about alleged wrongdoing. These steps included the creation of a separate investigative arm that includes non-police officers, to hear complaints from the public about the bad actions of lawmen.
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The family of the late Selwyn “Blues” Knight is in a tricky legal position, says their parliamentary representative Arthur Holder, who is also a veteran attorney. He was speaking to the media yesterday after visiting Knight’s widow Marleen and the family at their Bank Hall, St Michael home, moments after it was learnt that the policeman charged with the shooting death of her husband six years ago had been freed …