Akash Sama­roo

In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor An­tho­ny Vieira is urg­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro to en­sure Trinidad and To­ba­go does not fol­low the path of the Unit­ed States, where ten­sions and a lack of trust, par­tic­u­lar­ly with ICE of­fi­cials, con­tin­ue to strain re­la­tions be­tween law en­force­ment and the pub­lic.

Amid con­tin­ued pub­lic de­bate over the po­lice-in­volved shoot­ing in St Au­gus­tine that claimed the life of Rishi Sama­roo, Gue­var­ro says the of­fi­cers in­volved will not be sus­pend­ed as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue. He urged the pub­lic not to jump to con­clu­sions, not­ing that a video cir­cu­lat­ing on­line, which ap­pears to show Sama­roo with his hands raised out­side his car be­fore the shoot­ing, does not tell the full sto­ry.