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He told us this evening, that, so far, 7 of the protestors, who became victims of the anti-riot tactics, have come forward to lodge a formal complaint:

Supt Dwayne Sutherland - OC, Professional Standards Branch
"So far 7 persons came forward to the professional standard branch and made complaints. They reported that they received varying injuries to the body. Those persons are Trevor Jones. Leon Jones, Galvin Osman, Kenroy Gillet, Bruce Diaz, Elswin Willoughby and Kevin Sutherland. All 7 persons were issued with medico forms. From the 7, two of them returned with those medico forms. Those persons are Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Gillet. Doctor classified their injuries as harm. The two individual who returned their medico forms also gave statements to us. The remaining 5 have not returned the medico forms and we are still waiting on them to come and give a formal complaint. The investigation reveals that the force being utilized to disperse these protestors on the day in question was one that was unnecessary, one that could have been avoided and one that is unjustified. During the investigation, it also implicates 4 lower ranking officers who were acting as a part of the dispersing team. Those officers were acting on instructions given by the dispersing team commander."