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Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro has apologised for the role of police officers in preventing Spiritual Baptists from practising their faith for over three decades.
Guevarro addressed the enforcement of the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance between 1917 and 1951 by police officers, as he addressed Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrations hosted by the National Congress of Incorporated Spiritual Baptist Organisations of T&T (NCOISBOTT) at its headquarters in Balmain, Couva, yesterday.
“It is a sobering reminder that in our own national story, the law was once used to silence culture, identity and spiritual expression. That is what they used the law for,” Guevarro said in reference to the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance.
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