00:00Before this rampant set the S.O.E., they are going on with a certain batch of officers in the
00:05San Diego and the police station, you understand?
00:08It's death threats, it's set up right through, right through, and nobody not speaking up about it, nobody ain't say
00:14nothing.
00:15They say he's a gang leader, right? It's over a year, going to two years now, no conflict, no shutting
00:22fire, no nothing ain't going on in the back here, you understand?
00:25What is the committee trying to set him up for? The power bucket and ammunition over there, they come up
00:30with one marijuana plant and say it's $25.
00:33When my friend get killed, I tell him, I say, boy, run, I say, because they go target your boy,
00:38I know that he said, boy, fed up run and leave his family.
00:41Those comments came from a close friend and neighbor of Arian de Gale, who was arrested at Immortal Crescent, Sandy
00:48Grandi, a day after the killing of Rondel Adolphus.
00:52Adolphus, an employee of slain businessman Danny Guerra, was murdered around 1 a.m. on Monday at the Trini River
00:58Lime Resort in Matura.
01:00De Gale, who resides along the same street, was detained by police the following day under the state of emergency
01:06regulations.
01:08Residents in an interview with TV6 News on Tuesday said Adolphus had moved out of the community about two years
01:14ago, but returned from time to time to visit his parents and associate with his longtime friends in the area.
01:21While vouching that he was not known to be in the gang lifestyle, they say that during his last visit,
01:27he expressed concerns for his personal safety.
01:31Two days before he died, he come and he tell me, he said, fellas, I'm frightened. He said the vehicle
01:37are driving and I'm going to drive it, boy.
01:38That is after the police and the soldiers went by Danny Guerra's son. You understand? He said he's frightened for
01:43his life. He don't know what to do. He's going to stop driving the vehicle.
01:46De Gale's neighbor says Adolphus' murder was the occasion that Sandy Grande police used to target De Gale.
01:53She says since the start of the SOE in 2024, the police has been abusing their powers, often targeting De
02:01Gale without laying any charges.
02:03The thing about it, you understand? They have to have an excuse. Sorry, Miss Wendy. They have to have an
02:09excuse for coming and killing her son that they killed here.
02:12So they have to make it look like it had a reason. I don't know whoever get paid plenty. Talk,
02:17talk about that. You know how Trinidad and Tobago is.
02:21You understand? It's this one say, it's that one say, it's the other one say. You understand what I'm saying?
02:25But they have to make it real.
02:26They have to give a reason why they come in the boy's place, shoot him, drag him out, drop him
02:31in a van, never come, never let the ammo come.
02:35And then when she go, police complain. They don't have no evidence.
02:38De Gale's mother, who also spoke with TV6 News on Wednesday and was present when the police came for her
02:44son on Tuesday, says he knew it was going to happen.
02:48This child is so fearful of the police, right? Because he knew every time he'd have an SUV or something
02:55happening, they would take him up, right?
02:58So the night before, I prayed with him about three in the morning. He couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep either.
03:08I said, Ari, you are covered by God. Don't worry yourself. Try and get arrested.
03:15Last month, TV6 News aired the plight of the De Gale family, who claimed to be facing constant harassment.
03:23When contacted, Police Complaints Authority Director David West said he was aware of the allegations, as his office received numerous
03:31complaints from the family.
03:34Sherlon Ramsubag, TV6 News.
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