Members of the Joint Services yesterday morning cleared a Dartmouth bridge of debris following fiery protests on Tuesday over the manslaughter charge that was brought in the killing of villager Orin Boston by a policeman.
Boston was shot dead in his bed by a member of the SWAT unit on September 15 last year and it was only on Friday that a charge of manslaughter was brought. Residents of the Essequibo Coast Village have argued that the SWAT member, Sherwin Peters should have been charged with murder.
The blockading of the bridge on Tuesday morning had created severe traffic disruption.
A grader was provided yesterday by the Regional Administration and officers from the Anna Regina Fire station washed the bridge after the debris was removed.
The protest by residents was condemned by the President of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce, Balaram Sukhnandan. He had issued a statement calling on residents to remove the material blocking the road.
