so THAT's how some police make that "extra" $$$$$
IT IS ALLEGED:
Maxi taxi driver Kennty Mitchell says this man pulled a gun and robbed him last Friday.
HELD-UP by gunman and police gave the victim a ticket instead.
This is the claim being made by Kennty Mitchell who said he was robbed in broad daylight while plying his trade as a maxi-taxi driver last Friday.
The incident has been reported to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) which is investigating whether the police dismissed Mitchell's complaint.
Mitchell said he does not feel safe knowing that someone is waiting to kill him and the police is doing little to assist him.
On Wednesday, acting police commissioner Stephen Williams gave the assurance that there are plans in place to keep the murder toll down and for the public not to judge police on murder cases alone.
Mitchell, now fearing for his life ,recalled the event.
He said the attack happened at around 4:30p.m. in Mc Bean, Couva at the traffic lights when a grey Mazda sedan pulled alongside the maxi-taxi. Mitchell said a man got out of the car, stood to the front of his bus, pulled a gun, pointed it at him.
Mitchell said he drove off, however, encountered the man again.
“While driving away I got one of the passengers to call the Freeport police station on my phone which played through my vehicle speakers. I asked for assistance. When I approached Appoo's Bar there was a lot of traffic and I had to stop. The guy came out and grabbed $2,500 from my hand. I asked the rest of the passengers to lock all the doors and windows. The guy tried opening the slide door and the driver door and the front passenger doors but they were locked.
He came back in front of me, pointed a gun and shouted, ' I will (explicit) kill you. I will (explicit) kill you. The police send me for you. The police is the boss. I will shoot you and kill you,” said Mitchell.
He said the police arrived and recounted what took place. The officers went to speak with the gunman and allow him to leave. Mitchell said he was instructed to drive his vehicle to the police station where an officer started shouting at him for coming to the station.
“ I drove off the compound of the police station and I went back to the Freeport police station and I spoke to officer (name called) and I gave the officer a statement. Then officer (named called) gave me a ticket for failing to display my taxi drivers badge which I had displayed in my vehicle all the time,” he said.
Maxi taxi driver Kennty Mitchell.
Mitchell claimed that the officers did not speak about the gunman.
Mitchell believes that the incident was related to another encounter he had with the police earlier that day.
He said: “ I was in Chaguanas. I went to pick up four people to do a job. I pulled aside and pick up the people and a police officer stopped me. He came and told me I not supposed to pick up people here and I told him that I am not a PH plying for hire. He told me he will take something small. I asked him what was that and he said he will take a bill. I told him I don't have that kind of money to give anybody a bill.
He then said license and insurance. He told me he giving me a ticket for plying for hire and I told him I not plying for hire, I am picking up these people and going on a job.
I said to him, “you giving me a ticket because I did not give you a bill like you want me to be afraid of you.” He said “I don't want you to be afraid you have to be afraid. I am the law.”
Mitchell said the officer continued to bully him after he told the officer that he will not be bullied.
“the police officer said 'you rude. You have chats, I could just make one phone call and you can get gun down.”
Mitchell said he is unsure what will be the next step and is hopeful that he will not be threatened again.
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