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Saturday, 4 April 2020

Street-obstructing protests


Q:
After reading this Trinidad Express news article, can you tell me what law (if any) these protesters would have broken?


A:
Laws were broken from the very first paragraph of the article, which reads:
“Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has launched an investigation into a report that about 15 persons blocked Bridge Road, Sangre Grande, with burning debris last night in protest of the reported removal of COVID-19 patients from the Couva Hospital to a building in their area.”

64. (1) Any person who commits any of the following offences in any street is, for each offence, liable to a fine of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for one month, that is to say, any person who:
(j) throws or lays down any stone, timber, or any other materials
(n) in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage of any street

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