Water cannons the safer option

THE EDITOR: Out there in the First World the use of water cannons to control unruly crowd behaviour is quite common. Instead of rubber bullets the water is usually deemed the safer option.

Our police are under some heavy manners to make themselves look presentable. They are also looking at options of crowd control.

Protesters in TT, apparently empowered by the support of the trade union movement, have become overly vociferous and intimidating. It is unfortunate that either a protester or an onlooker was injured in the Moruga protest last month.

Ever hungry for his 15 minutes of fame, David Abdulah, leader of the Movement for Social Justice, is of the view that the senior officer concerned in the “water power” cool-down should be suspended.

Does a senior officer allow a seemingly violent situation to mimic the never-to-be-forgotten protests in Beetham Gardens? What were the options?

La Brea is now being fingered as the place where residents are chasing away investors and generally besmirching the entire country. We are all being held to ransom, but what is new with the unions?

Yes, Trinidad is nice, Trinidad is paradise, but only for those with a little bit of common sense.

LYNETTE

JOSEPH

Diego Martin