Citing the brief arrest of attorney Tamieka Clarke on Friday, retired Assistant Com-missioner of Police, Paul Slowe says that ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) are behaving as if they are above the law,
He related his own experience of what he says was improper conduct by the same SOCU officer, Krishnadat Ramana who ordered the arrest of Clarke on Friday simply because she advised her client of the right to remain silent while being questioned.
Clarke was eventually released but her detention triggered a wave of protests by lawyers and Attorney General Anil Nandlall also signalled his disapproval of the SOCU officer’s actions.