(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock down.
However, at a TTPS media briefing on Tuesday Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob said “The (investigating) officers went about locating the persons involved in the incident and continued the investigation.
In late March, videos emerged on social media showing what appeared the law enforcement officers patrolling the streets of Port of Spain in the dark hours of the morning, and forcing two men to drink alcohol and do sprints and push-ups to avoid being arrested and charged with an undisclosed offence.
The giggling officers are heard telling one man, who appears to be homeless, to drink from the bottle in “one shot, go on, or else you getting a case eh”.
Another man who is forced to drink the entire contents of a bottle in two gulps, is told “run with the van” and when he does not immediately begin, he is told by an officer “come on Usain, you have two seconds.
