Police Brutality in the Small Twin Island Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis
There has been much outrage around the globe regarding police brutality within the United States, but what about police brutality within our own Caribbean islands?
On Friday February 6, 2021 onlookers recorded as police degraded and brutalized a young man on the island of Nevis, sister island in the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis. The video shared here shows the police officer standing on the back of the young man while he laid in the drain with his face down in the grimy drain water. The officer proceeded, while still standing on his back, to command the young man to place his hands behind his back, while using one of his feet to direct him as to which hand, he should move. The officer proceeded to threaten the onlooker that was video taping and could be heard saying “this is how ar’ you does get ar’ you self in trouble”, meaning “this is how you end up getting in trouble”. The onlooker then steps back to avoid being further reprimanded. During this dilemma, the young man in the drain can be heard saying “I can’t breathe”.
This type of brutal force is unnecessary, degrading, and abusive and it destroy the integrity of the police force. The Royal St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis Police Force remain tight-lipped on the matter and it has raised outrage in the citizens there. The government of St. Kitts & Nevis are yet to speak out on the matter. The Caribbean Alert will bring more as the story develops.
Joycelyn Henderson
Reporter
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