Attorney Demands Probe into Lock Cutting Claims

The attorney for the aggrieved woman, Isat Buchanan, is imploring the Police Commissioner to launch an investigation into the claims by his client, as it is not the first human rights breach by the authorities against the Rastafari community. 

Several stakeholder groups and human rights advocates have issued statements and voiced their disappointment with the unfortunate events. Following the incident of a female police officer at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon allegedly cutting the hair of 19-year-old nursing student Nzinga king, which has created an uproar on social media and across many advocacy groups during the country’s Emancipation Day.

Attorney at Law Isat Buchanan says not only is the act of cutting someone’s hair infringing on the Human Rights Act, it is demoralizing and has impacted an indigenous group within the country. People’s National Party (PNP) Chairperson for South East Clarendon, Patrica Duncan Sutherland says Nzinga has been a volunteer within her community and is known by her for years and justice needs to be served. 

In the background is the victim’s father Moses King who held up the newspaper article highlighting the renowned coral gardens incident. Sutherland says not only is it against human rights but it is a disgrace another woman has done this to a 19-year-old that has been scarred.

Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, has ordered an immediate probe into the claims; the results of which will be made public.