Police Friday detained 24 year-old activist Alyssa Phillip, who is behind a series of protests calling for justice in the January 20 police involved shooting that left 31 year-old Joshua Samaroo dead and the subsequent laying of charges, including manslaughter against his 25-year-old common-law wife, Kaia Sealy, who was severely injured during the operation.
The police have not yet issued any statement regarding Phillip’s detention, but David Abdullah, the leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), who has been present at the protests organised by Phillip, told reporters that prior to her participation in the Labour Day activities at Fyzabad, in southwestern Trinidad, he had given her an assurance that her presence ‘should not be any problem’.