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And one more matter on the periphery of the standoff by BML Workers is the influence of activist Delroy Herrera.

He's received some criticism because there is the perception that he provoked the illegal action which the BML workers ended up being charged for. The suggestion is that because there wasn't a permit granted, the workers shouldn't have protested.

So, when Herrera was released after 7 p.m. on Monday, we asked him about the way the protest was staged. He said that it was spontaneous, and out of his hands from the beginning:

Hipolito Novelo, LOVE News

"Why was it that a permit was not attained prior to this day?"

Delroy Herrera- Organizer

"Because this was nothing that was planned, this was spontaneous frustration by the workers. We were talking about certain information that was passed down on the media and so forth by Darrel saying that he has been in communication with the workers and B.M.L which is a blatant lie. What we wanted to do was to just go in front, when we move first of all spontaneously we were just to go in front and just present the 50 workers who had already been temporarily terminated. It just went out from there with frustration, so it was spontaneous."

Hipolito Novelo

"The garbage truck was as well spontaneous?"

Delroy Herrera

"The garbage truck came after us. The bus were the first ones on the scene and the garbage just came behind and I guess they got word that we were out there and came behind and just start." 

Police told us that they had intentions of bringing additional charges against Delroy Herrera, but up to press time, no others had been laid.