The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility says it is currently investigating an incident following a social media post where ranks of the Police Force’s Regional Division 4 ‘C’ were shown to have followed the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on June 13th, 2022 after a visit he made at Golden Grove Market Street, East Coast Demerara.
It has taken a week for the police to issue this statement.
In a video posted on Facebook on June 13, 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,” one of the ranks 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.
