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January 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Wil Longbottom
Last updated at 7:13 PM on 10th January 2012
A Grenadian official has called for an official inquiry into police brutality after a man was allegedly beaten to death by five officers for trying to hug a woman.
Oscar Bartholomew was allegedly beaten after he mistook a plainclothes female officer for a friend and lifted her off the ground in a bear hug outside a police station in St David’s, Grenada.
A witness claimed the 39-year-old, from Toronto, Canada, said: ‘I got you today,’ when the officer began shouting for help.
Inquiry: Oscar Bartholomew, 39, died after he was allegedly beaten by five officers at a police station in St John’s, Grenada
Five other officers rushed to the woman’s assistance and Mr Bartholomew tried to kick one of them and resisted arrest as he was held down, handcuffed and his ankles were bound.
Witnesses claimed the officer yelled ‘rape!’ as she was lifted off the ground.
Minutes later, Mr Bartholomew was in a coma and lay on the ground dying.
Grief: Dolette Cyr, right, wife of Oscar Bartholomew weeps with her daughter Jacynthe at his funeral service in Crochu, Grenada
Senseless: Mr Bartholomew’s mother Andrianne, 71, is comforted by relatives in front of her son’s coffin this morning
An independent autopsy found he died of severe trauma to the head and several injuries to the body. A state autopsy reported a similar conclusion.
He had only stopped at the police station with his wife Dolette Cyr because she needed to use the toilet.
The pair, who had been married for 10 years, were visiting relatives in Grenada when the incident took place.
Mr Bartholomew’s death has provoked uproar on the tiny Caribbean island over alleged systemic police brutality.
Fury: Protesters stage a rally in St David’s, Grenada, after five police officers charged with the manslaughter of Mr Bartholomew were granted bail on Friday
‘Systemic’: A young woman shouts at police officers in the town where the alleged beating took place. A Grenadian MP has called for a full inquiry into alleged police brutality on the Caribbean island
Five police officers have been charged with manslaughter and were granted bail on Friday. If convicted, they could face a maximum 15 years in prison.
The Canadian resident was buried today, with Grenada’s prime minister, police commissioner and hundreds of mourners attending.
Michael Church, a National Democratic Congress MP, called for a full inquiry two weeks after Mr Bartholomew’s death.
He said Grenadians could only know the extent of alleged police brutality over the last two to three years when an inquiry was completed.
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