Tonight, the ever-controversial Gang Suppression Unit is in the crosshairs of public scrutiny. Straight up, many folks don't buy their story of just 4 shots fired - and that the expended shells just magically disappeared. And right or wrong, many in the public feel - intuitively, instinctively - that the GSU knows exactly what happened to Kelvin Usher.
Btu today, the Police Minister stood by them; he said that by all outward indications, their conduct has been above reproach.
Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Home Affairs
"In this particular case I have read all the statements that had been given and I did not detect anything which suggested that the GSU had acted improperly in this case. So based on what is available I see no evidence that they have acted improperly and I would like to say to the public that they need not be alarmed by those who in the society, in my view, would like to see some kind of social discord evolving from this particular incident and there have been those who have been actually on record inciting Belizeans to get together and to take civil action. I don't think that is prudent, I don't think that it is helpful. I think that what we should all be doing now is to try to use our collective energies to inquire into what has happen to this minor. I think what is significantly important in this particular incident is that neither the father nor the son is known to be criminal in any way. These are not people who the GSU would have had in their sights and they have some kind of animosity towards."
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