-relatives and friends protest outside of OutpostA group of disgruntled citizens last evening staged a protest outside the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost. They were protesting the treatment of 18-year-old Mark Johnson,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, a mentally challenged young man, who they claimed was wrongfully arrested.According to Claudette Odle, Johnson’s parents are deceased and that he has been in her care since he was two days old,Cheap NFL Jerseys, never posing as a problem to anyone.The 18-year-old handicapped,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Mark Johnson, who was allegedly wrongfully arrested and beaten by police officers of the East Ruimveldt Police OutpostShe explained that Johnson worked at the Demerara Ice Company as a porter and was well-known in his community.Kaieteur News understands that her neighbours notified her that whenever the young man collected his salary,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, a certain female would ‘take advantage of him’ by collecting parts of his salary, before he could arrive home.With this in mind, she ensured that she was there to collect his salary last week and therefore he was not alone at any point until he arrived home so nobody could ‘badger him’.Odle told this newspaper that the woman appeared to be upset that she was not able to ‘take the money’ and when Johnson saw her on the road, he touched her bag to capture her attention so that he could find out if she was annoyed with him for a reason.Somehow the woman told her boyfriend that Johnson had pulled at her bag and her angry partner arrived at Johnson’s workplace shortly after and began to ‘beat him up’ in front of the Demerara Ice Company.The man then took Johnson to the East La Penitence Police Outpost and he was subsequently arrested.Odle and other residents of the West Ruimveldt community stated that the woman went to the said outpost and told the officers that she did not wish to pursue the matter since she “don’t want a problem”.They went on to say that a certain officer pressed the woman to take up the matter and even had her make false allegations against Johnson.“Constable Seeram forced to press charges. Since the girl didn’t wish to pursue it he even told the court on Monday (last) after she didn’t show up that me and my family threatened to kill her which is a blatant lie,” said Odle. Other residents joined in the said statement.Another resident said that Johnson was badly beaten at the outpost and was locked up from Thursday last until Monday morning. He was remanded to prison until October 17.“They didn’t want people to know about the police brutality that Mark had to face. They beat him badly and they saying how he stick his finger in his own eye and self inflict his injuries.“Seeram fabricate the story saying how Mark snatch the woman bag which worth $3,000 and had $11,000 cash inside. The constable even say how is public spirited residents beat up Mark.”Odle further stated that the Sergeant in charge of the Station identified as “Sergeant King” was aware of the story since she was the oneSome of the relatives and friends of the handicapped boy protesting against the treatment he was given at the East Ruimveldt Police Outpostwho called the woman to ‘sign to a document’ saying she was not interested in pursuing the matter.Kaieteur News was also told that when the woman returned to the station to sign the said document,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, the Sergeant was not there,China Jerseys Cheap, and it was Constable Seeram who ‘took over the matter’.Johnson’s family members said that they visited the Police Complaints Authority and they are awaiting the relevant authorities to look into this matter and serve justice.