Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday questioned the rationale behind officers from the Guyana Police Force following him. Norton was at the time on leaving the family home of Quindon Bacchus, who was fatally shot by a policeman last Friday.
In a video posted on Facebook yesterday, Norton was seen being followed by two masked ranks on motorcycles. The incident occurred sometime after 12 pm.
When Norton stopped his vehicle and confronted the ranks, they informed him they were only following orders.
“Do you have the right to just drive behind me?” Norton asked and was told “Sir, Sir we are just following instructions,” a rank explained.
On this note Norton said it was illegal for them to follow him when he hadn’t committed a crime.
“It is out of place for y’all to be driving behind people who did not commit (a) crime…You know you are violating my rights and you don’t have the right to do it because somebody tell you it was right to violate me,” the PNCR Leader and Member of Parliament informed the ranks during a brief interaction.
The Guyana Police Force has received much criticism on social media over the incident. The force has not issued any explanation for the action of the ranks.