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He was treated at a private hospital.At least one baby had to be treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after suffering minor effects from tear smoke, while a number of protesters were struck by shotgun pellets.Reports indicate that yesterday’s protest was triggered by utterances by Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon that the government was prepared to “rumble” against demands for Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to step down.Earlier in the day, Luncheon brushed aside demands by the opposition for the resignation of Rohee, saying that the government will not budge.“As Muhammad Ali said ‘let’s get ready to rumble’,” Luncheon told a press conference.News of his statement reached the ears of already angry Agricola residents who were protesting outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court over the killing of Agricola teen Shaquille Grant.The protestors became more incensed and after leaving the court, they upped the ante in Agricola, where they claimed their actions will be more effective.A police statement said that at about 16:00 hrs,Cheap NFL Jerseys,   a large number of persons gathered on the roadway and threw tyres and other obstacles across both carriageways of the East Bank Demerara road at Agricola and set them on fire, causing traffic traversing the roadway to come to a standstill.“Bricks, bottles and other articles were thrown at the police ranks who initially responded to the incident and other ranks were mobilized along with personnel from the Guyana Fire Service.“The unruly crowd,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, some of whom were armed with pieces of wood and cutlasses, blocked the Guyana Fire Service vehicles from getting to the location of the burning tyres and other materials despite pleas from the Joint Services personnel.“The police continued to plead with the crowd and also employed the use of the water cannon to disperse them, which was not sufficiently effective, and consequently resorted to the use of tear smoke,Wholesale Jerseys USA,” the release stated.While police ranks were clearing the main roadway…protestors during this (last) evening, persons continually threw “Thunder Flash” and other squibs along with bricks and bottles at the ranks. This resulted in Corporal Kwesi Lawrence of the Tactical Services Public Order Unit sustaining burns on the inside of both thighs and he was also hit to the left eye by one of the missiles being thrown. He was treated at a Private Hospital,” police said.Kaieteur News was on the scene when at around 16:00 hrs yesterday, several youths, with their faces covered with makeshift masks, began dragging lumber, tyres and other debris onto the roadway.They then set them alight,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, effectively shutting down traffic on the main thoroughfare on the East Bank of Demerara. A vehicle was also overturned and set alight.The mob also prevented fire tenders from getting close to the fires.Eventually riot police, carrying shields and armed with tear smoke guns, were deployed to the area. Standing in riot formation, the ranks began to advance towards the crowd.But this only served to incense the protestors. One man drew a line on the eastern carriageway and dared the policemen to step across. A woman sat on the roadway with her back to the lawmen. Another man went up to the squad and pointed a cutlass at the ranks, while others taunted the policemen and struck their glass shields. Yet others began to throw stones at the ranks,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, forcing the young policemen to steadily give ground.The emboldened crowds continued to drag more debris onto the roadway and set them alight as the ranks looked on.The riot squad then began firing teargas at the crowd. This triggered an immediate response for the crowd, which hurled bottles, stones and even flaming sticks at the ranks, who sought refuge behind their shields. The riot squad was even forced to dodge from tear smoke canisters that the mob threw back at them.The ranks were also attacked from all sides by youths who threw missiles at them from adjoining streets in Agricola.At around 17:00 hrs, the controversial $20M water cannon was seen arriving at the scene. However, this also proved to be an ineffective tactic,NFL Jerseys Outlet, since the water emitted by the cannon was not powerful enough to force the crowd back.As evening fell, the build-up of traffic began to increase; with vehicles heading to and from Georgetown backing up as far as Diamond and near West Ruimveldt.Commuters, including schoolchildren, were forced to disembark from buses and head home on foot. It proved to be a perilous journey for several commuters, who were robbed of mobile phones and other valuables while passing between some of the protestors. Among them was a Brazilian woman who had to be rescued by public-spirited residents after being relieved of all her documents.By then the protest had also spread to Mc Doom, with demonstrators setting a fire on the roadway.At around 19:00 hrs, with the roads still not cleared, ranks from the Tactical Services Unit were deployed to the scene. On arrival, several of the ranks ran into the heart of Agricola, and intermittent sounds of gunfire could be heard.A number of protestors and even some bystanders were hit with shotgun pellets.By 21:15 hrs, the police managed to clear the roadway.However, smoldering debris, stones and broken bottles remained strewn along the roadway from Mc Doom to Eccles.