His lawyers denounce a “violent, humiliating and iniquitous aggression” after the arrest of the union leader during a demonstration against the health pass and the vaccination obligation.
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The lawyers of Elie Domota, leader of the LKP collective opposed to the vaccination obligation, announced Thursday, January 6 that they had filed a complaint for “violence in meetings by a person holding public authority” during his arrest. Elie Domota was arrested and taken into police custody for a few hours during a demonstration against the health pass and the vaccination obligation on December 30. He was summoned to court on April 7.
In this complaint, which AFP obtained, Elie Domota’s lawyers denounce “a violent, humiliating and iniquitous aggression on the part of the police”. The document also mentions “a trap” and the fact that the union leader was “gassed in the face”. “Elie Domota appears clearly targeted by the constabulary, he falls into a real ambush, he is jostled”, explains to AFP Sarah Aristide, his lawyer.
According to her, the 54-year-old, who played a central role in 2009 during the general strike in the West Indies, would have been “humiliated, arbitrarily arrested” and “got stuck in a procedure when he was the victim”. Elie Domota was summoned to court on April 7 for “willful violence against a person holding public authority without ITT”.
On images from local television Canal 10, broadcast on social networks and deleted shortly after, Elie Domota appears on the day of the demonstration advancing on a road with other demonstrators grabbing barriers. The images show the police trying to stop their advance with tear gas canisters. In the following images, demonstrators force their way through and Elie Domota appears on the ground, the gendarmes handcuffing him behind his back. A source within the gendarmerie then told AFP that “stone throwing” had caused the use of tear gas.