Liberia’s Police chief defends deployment in Monrovia

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The Liberia National Police has been explaining why it deployed riot police throughout the capital, Monrovia on Monday, including at the headquarters of the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC). The CDC says the police violated their constitutional right. However, police Inspector General Gregory Coleman tells VOA's James Butty, the deployment was necessary to protect the public and would-be protesters