VLADIMIR Glasgow, the videographer who provided the Linden Commission of Inquiry (CoI) with video footage he claimed he had shot from noon on July 18 to about 02:00hrs on July 19, failed to show any shots of police shooting at protesters, but instead brought other interesting evidence before the commissioners as the CoI entered its 13th day of investigation.

Nothing in the DVD footage that Glasgow supplied could establish police shooting at protestors, but made clear other interesting evidence, as his cross-examination continued yesterday morning before the Commission of Inquiry.
Attorney Peter Hugh sought to ascertain who had retained Glasgow, and what specific instructions he had been given in regard to taking video footage during the period.
Glasgow indicated that he was a freelancer who had been hired by his colleague, Lennox Gaspar, to record the important speeches to be made at the bridge.
As to whether he had known where the protest march was to have concluded, Glasgow replied that the march was to have concluded at the Toucan Call Centre in Kara Kara.
Attorney Peter Hugh then enquired how Glasgow had been able to determine which speeches were important, since he had begun his recording activities focusing on the police, who had arrived shortly after noon on the day in question, and were greeted by a crowd of unruly protesters as they tried to restore some order to the protest march.
Glasgow confirmed that during his recording he had seen the police with a banner, and a khaki clad officer with a loud hailer had been instructing the protesters to go home.
Asked whether the speeches he had recorded had been recorded in their entirety, Glasgow replied in the negative, but proceeded to explain that because his equipment did not have enough power, selective recordings had been done.
Hugh grilled Glasgow with regard to the recordings made of APNU MP Ms. Vanessa Kissoon, Lincoln Lewis, Fitz Ralph and Sharma Solomon, as their speeches were recorded in their entirety.
Asked about the materials used to block access to the bridge, and if he had footage of those materials, Glasgow could not remember.
The footage he had provided was shown, wherein the various presenters expressed their views regarding the protest; and it was evident they had all failed to instruct or advise the protesters that their action in blocking the bridge was illegal, and was in breach of the terms and conditions under which permission for the march had been granted.
In the footage shown, presenters Kissoon and Solomon clearly instructed the protesters to remain on the bridge.
Attorney Ms. Latchmie Rahamat, representing aggrieved property owners, then began cross-examining Glasgow. She commenced by asking Glasgow if he had footage of the logs placed across the bridge, and if he had known that during his recording, there were persons chanting that the road should be blocked, and had placed, among other materials, a long metal object across the road. Glasgow said he had not known, and was shown the footage to refresh his memory of events that had transpired on the day in question.
Glasgow was later asked if he had seen or recorded any building on fire in Linden on the day in question. He denied knowing that any building was on fire that day, but was again shown the footage to prove the assertion.
Janice Burgan said she was a seamstress who had gone to the bridge on the day in question to reach the group of protesters who were en route to the Toucan Call Centre in Kara Kara.
In her cross-examination by attorney for the CoI, Mr. Ganesh Hira, Burgan indicated that she had arrived at the bridge at around 10:00 hrs, and had been sheltering under a tent which had been installed on the Linmine Secretariat fence. She said she had been there until the police arrived for the first time after the midday hour.
She was asked if, during her time at the bridge, she had assisted in any way to block the bridge, and she admitted to assisting a male to place a large metal object, besides garbage and other materials, at the eastern entrance of the bridge.
She indicated that when the police arrived, she had come out from under the tent and had gone on the road, where she had found herself positioned between the bridge and the police.
She said the police were confronted by a crowd of unruly protesters, who retreated and returned later in the afternoon, when she heard some persons saying that the police were coming again.
The seamstress said she came out from under the tent and saw persons running. A small canister of smoke fell in front of her, and her eyes began to burn, and she and a friend ran through the nearby gate at the Linmine compound, heading to the shed. On her way to the gate, a man fell to the ground, and she stopped to help, as a male nurse came up and told her to go along, as he would take charge of the fallen man, whom she later learnt had been Ivan Lewis, one of the protesters who died.
She said that as she and her friend continued running towards the shed, she felt a burning sensation on her back; and when she arrived at the shed, she indicated to her friend — who had by then been insisting that they go home — that she had been hit, and showed the friend where she had received the injury.
She said her friend accompanied her to the Mackenzie Hospital, where she saw a number of injured persons, who, like her, were later X-rayed and treated by a doctor. She said she was admitted a patient in the hospital, where she spent four days, and was required to return for the wound to be medically treated daily for two weeks.
She said she continued to suffer painful effects from the wound, and has since not been able to continue her seamstress activities. She was asked to present to the CoI her account book, after indicating she had made financial notes therein.
In answer to a question, the seamstress said her income had been $20,000 to $25,000 weekly. She was later asked to step down from the witness stand.
The commission will continue its work today, when a number of other persons are scheduled to testify beginning from 09:30 hrs.