Controversial Police Shooting in Westmoreland
A 25-year-old taxi operator Rolando Crooks was shot and killed yesterday, reportedly by members of the Police’s Joint Task Force team who, acting on intelligence, went in search of Crooks at his home in Lennox Bigwoods. The police allege that they were greeted with gunfire at his residence, and that during a firefight Crooks was fatally shot. A .38 revolver loaded with three live rounds was allegedly recovered from him.
Residents of the area however are insisting that Crooks was shot in cold blood, and they mounted a massive fiery demonstration in Darliston (a community that neighbors Lennox Bigwoods) to show their disapproval of the police’s report of the shooting incident. They set fire to an old motor car, which was placed in front of the Darlsiton Police station. They also used debris to block the main road.
According to some residents, Crooks came outside his house when the police called him, and that the policemen simply opened fire on him at that point. They say he was then dragged into one of the police vehicles. Police officers who were on duty at the Darliston Police station fired shots in the air, as the angry mob started to throw stones at the station.
Luther Buchanan, Member of Parliament for Eastern Westmoreland, has reportedly called for a full investigation of the incident by the police’s Bureau of Special Investigations.
Tags : bureau of special investigations, controversial police shooting, Darliston, Joint Task Force, Lennox Bigwoods, Luther Buchanan, police shooting, Rolando Crooks, westmoreland
One Response to “Controversial Police Shooting in Westmoreland”
said on July 1st, 2009 at 10:57 am
The police are going round killing people, and its like nothing is being done to stop them. most of what they said are to coincidental. how can order come a pond Jamaica if the police are not even showing are people that killing is wrong, their might as well be no police the police are as bad as gun man even worst, its like they don’t see people don’t need to die for Justis to be, if a man opens fire on them then shoot them in an arm or even leg not in apart of the body where they no full well that they will die. we need a stop to this
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