‘I had no power to order ranks to shoot’

Clifton Hicken

– Ex-Linden commander

Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken, the former Divisional Commander responsible for Linden, yesterday said that he did not have the authority to direct police ranks to shoot at protestors in the town on July 18, when three men were killed and others wounded.

“I don’t have any authority to give any rank of the TSU [Tactical Service Unit] orders to shoot,”

Hicken said in response to APNU MP and attorney Basil Williams,