The Eman­ci­pa­tion Sup­port Com­mit­tee of Trinidad and To­ba­go (ES­CTT) is con­demn­ing the po­lice's han­dling of a con­fronta­tion with mem­bers of Sil­ver Stars Steel Or­ches­tra at TRIBE's band launch, say­ing the re­port­ed use of force against pan­nists was dis­pro­por­tion­ate.

In a state­ment, the com­mit­tee said it was "deeply con­cerned" about the well­be­ing of pan­nists fol­low­ing the al­ter­ca­tion at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah in the ear­ly hours of Sun­day.

The ES­CTT ques­tioned why of­fi­cers re­port­ed­ly did not ap­proach the event's or­gan­is­ers or band man­age­ment to stop the per­for­mance in­stead of con­fronting the mu­si­cians di­rect­ly.