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Trinidad & Tobago: Soldiers as Police?

Categories: Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago, Citizen Media, Law, Politics

The soldier will have all of the powers of a police officer…but he doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Police.

The Eternal Pantomime [1] thinks that “this precepting of soldiers…is about something deeper and far sinister. It is about controlling the State.”