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Lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, 2nd from right, her clients, Carly John, right, and Cherry-Ann Caine, 2nd left, along with Senator Shevorn John, Mr. John’s wife, outside the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. (iWN photo)

Lawyer wants attempted murder charge against cop (+video)

A lawyer for the man who police put in a chokehold during the protest in Kingstown, then charged him with three offences, has questioned why the officer was not charged…

14 Sep 2021 1:53PM

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In this composite photo, at left, Carly John is seen in the police choke hold as a police officer tries to free him, and, at right, President of the SVG Teachers' Union, Oswald Robinson at Monday's press conference.

Police chokehold was ‘attempt to murder’ senator’s husband — union

14 Sep 2021 12:37PM

President of the Public Service Union at the protest on Thursday. (iWN photo)

Union executive members boycott strike, protest; attend work

13 Sep 2021 9:40PM

Some of the protesters on the picket line on Thursday. (iWN photo)

Amidst strike, public sector attendance highest on protest day

13 Sep 2021 9:35PM

SVG records its 13th COVID-19 death

13 Sep 2021 8:56PM

Carly John, opposition senator Shevern John’s husband is arrested by police in Kingstown on Sept. 7, 2021.

Senator’s husband charged after police chokehold incident

Carly John, husband of opposition senator, Shevorn John, was, on Monday, slapped with three charges over the incident in which a police officer placed him in a chokehold during the…

13 Sep 2021 5:06PM

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