Jul 26, 2021 Pressure for Police Reform Continues with Citizen Vigils and Petition The rallies since the killing of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett in Placencia have persisted countrywide. Since last week and over the weekend, three communities have come out calling for constitutional and police reform. Here’s Marion Ali with a summary of those events.
Marion Ali, Reporting Eric Clapton’s rendition of the song “Tears in Heaven” set a somber mood in San Pedro on Saturday night as residents, dropped off lit candles at the Lion’s Den where a shrine in memory of Laddie Gillett stood. Strictly adhering to COVID safety regulations, the residents held a motorcade to sound their displeasure over the youth’s killing.