Arrest at Barima disaster site: Opposition MP taken into custody, equipment seized in Guyana

[00:00:15]What happened?

[00:00:19]What happened?

[00:00:27]What happened here?

[00:00:32]What's the problem?

[00:00:38]>> What's the problem, officer?

[00:00:42]>> What's the problem?

[00:00:49]What's the problem now?

[00:00:54]Y'all told us to move from there before you back. What's the problem now?

[00:01:00]>> Gotto All right, but this how you have to say you didn't have to come like that. Get him, get him, get him.

[00:01:08]This is just a manner which you guys do stuff. All right, all right.

[00:01:12]>> All you have to do is say then ask us to move, we move.

[00:01:16]>> Y'all asked us to move from there we move.

[00:01:17]>> We move. Every time I say don't >> Yeah, but it's the way he came. How the officer came.

[00:01:26]Get him, get him, get him.

[00:01:27]>> Who he think he talking to, man?

[00:01:29]I said follow him, let me take him down.

[00:01:32]No, it's you.

[00:01:34]Again.

[00:01:40]>> First of all, they allowed to show to show in other persons in and told us and members of parliament are not >> allowed to go in.

[00:01:59]>> There's a number of people who told us they aren't family went in.

[00:02:02]>> And went in media person, media personnel.

[00:02:06]You know, Edline is in there.

[00:02:08]>> I'm guessing I'm standing here videoing y'all, too.

[00:02:10]>> We have our parliamentary >> We just work with instructions. Is that all you want?

[00:02:15]>> I I hear you, officer. We We not fighting you guys.

[00:02:19]>> We were inside you. I said come out.

[00:02:20]Come beyond the borders. We come beyond the >> And this the instruction was given by the minister because from the time he saw us, he went over to the police officer.

[00:02:29]>> Minister of >> Minister Krawl.

[00:02:31]>> Colin Krawl.

[00:02:32]>> The and and the officer The officer was kind.

[00:02:37]But I mean what But what's the big What's the big issue?

[00:02:40]What's the drama about? What's the drama about?

[00:02:45]>> Look how far we are.

[00:02:48]Sorry, you have to get I just can't.

[00:02:53]Huh? Along with his phone.

[00:02:56]>> You have to take me in custody?

[00:02:57]>> Yes, sir.

[00:02:58]>> But what's the offense?

[00:03:00]>> You have to take him. You have to take him, too.

[00:03:03]What's the offense?

[00:03:05]>> What's the offense?

[00:03:08]Where?

[00:03:11]Yeah, but what How do you How do we know How do we know it's a restricted area?

[00:03:16]The drain was nowhere near the restricted But this is the This is a This is public space.

[00:03:23]>> Are we capturing this?

[00:03:25]>> Yeah, we are.

[00:03:26]>> Sorry, just tell me what to do. Take footage and I'll be good.

[00:03:29]>> No. No. No, if you're arresting me, arrest me.

[00:03:33]>> Sorry, I need to take you into custody.

[00:03:35]Sorry, bud.

[00:03:37]No, no, no. You have You have to take them.

[00:03:39]>> No, I'm not giving you a car.

[00:03:40]>> You have to go with me.

[00:03:41]>> I'm not giving you a >> I got to get over there.

[00:03:43]>> All of us going. All of us going.

[00:03:45]>> We're all coming.

[00:03:47]>> No problem, sir. Just cooperate, sir.

[00:03:49]>> Yeah.

[00:03:49]Wait, let me go. Let me go over and then you could come over.

[00:03:54]>> So, you can to get go to the top of where we are.

[00:03:56]>> Yeah.

[00:03:56]>> You have to go to the top of where where we are.

[00:03:58]>> This is where This is where we are.

[00:04:00]>> These are where the Waraos are.

[00:04:02]>> This is where the Waraos are housed.

[00:04:04]This is off.

[00:04:06]This is a public road there. We walked all the way through. We came, we skipped, we jumped on one boat, two boat, three boats.

[00:04:15]And And And Sherod was sitting here.

[00:04:19]The drone was off. Come, pull it in for us, please. Sherod, I want you come closer to the side.

[00:04:27]Wait.

[00:04:32]Ready?

[00:04:33]You You keep filming.

[00:04:35]>> And pay attention to what I'm filming.

[00:04:38]Public servants in the form of police are being put This is the use of the police right now. of the police right now.

[00:04:49]The people are like treated like criminals.

[00:04:52]But, government will change.

[00:04:54]>> Yes, I'm I'm seeing I'm coming, Sherod.

[00:05:00]Look, get a get a view of of the Waraos.

[00:05:04]That is right next door.

[00:05:06]Tragedy upon tragedy all of a sudden.

[00:05:09]>> upon tragedy. That's the government for you. And glad I come in here.

[00:05:12]>> Yeah.

[00:05:12]>> Because this is a north issue that that is going to be have to be highlighted some more. Again, we highlighted it several times.