‘WE ARE BEING CAGED’

PoS residents express concerns over restrictions in Special Operations Bill

Hours after the Special Operations Bill (SOB) passed in the Lower House, a wave of concern swept through the communities of Beetham Gardens and Sea Lots, as residents said they now feel “caged” by the legislation. Coming out of a recently ended State of Emergency (SoE), during which some residents were detained under Preventive Detention Orders without being charged, these two communities in Port-of-Spain said the bill has heightened their fears of another form of confinement.

Shaquille Burke, the son of the late Sea Lots community leader, Cedric “Burkie” Burke, said having emerged from an ongoing SoE, residents are now faced with a reality where the threat of being mentally caged looms large. Surrounded by a group of men from the community, Burke felt that the SOB would be far worse than the SoE.

“Because you’re imprisoning the free world now. You not behind a cage again, but the cage is mental now,” he said. “For real,” shouted one of the men who joined Burke and their Port-of-Spain South MP Keith Scotland yesterday to discuss the ramifications of bill.

....................Burke said the bill would restrict their movement.“A lot of youths in this community, they need their freedom because that is how they make their living. Putting us on lockdown is like restricting us from living.”

Do not become a criminal as your father ..( Shot Dead)

then you will not worry about being mentally caged.😡