Violence was never a policy of the WPA
The testimony of Lawrence Edward Rodney was completed yesterday.
The testimony of Lawrence Edward Rodney was completed yesterday.

… Edward Rodney tells COI into Walter Rodney’s death

THE Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney was yesterday able to complete the evidence of Lawrence Edward Rodney, the eldest sibling of the late politician. He was further cross- examined by lawyer Basil Williams and others. His evidence reiterated his personal experiences when he was a part of the Working People’s Vanguard Party and how he was under surveillance at the time. He said he knew for a fact that his assassinated brother and other members of the WPA were also under surveillance by state agencies.
Rodney also told the commission yesterday that his brother being killed by PNC agents is a speculation based on hard facts.
He stressed that violence was never a policy of the WPA, and neither Walter or any member of the Rodney family knew that a bomb was in the walkie talkie that Walter was carrying when he was assassinated.

During cross-examination, Williams repeatedly complained that Rodney was providing more than a “yes” and “no” answer, but Commissioner Cheltenham reminded him that he was in control of the questions and not Rodney’s responses.
The hearings are continuing this morning.

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