An Open Letter To Police Commissioner Owen Ellington

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Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Wednesday, May 12, 2010
From: Mike Franklin
Re: Open letter to Owen Ellington

Dear Commissioner Ellington:

As Jamaica’s new police commissioner, you were interviewed on the BBC’s ‘Caribbean Report’ on Monday.

The interviewer asked: “Why can’t the (inherent nurturing) link between criminal gangs and some politicians be severed?” You responded that the link would be severed when the two political parties publicly “declare and demonstrate that they have no need and no use whatsoever for individuals who would use violence to coerce others to support or withdraw support from a political party. Much effort has been made in that regard, but there is still much more to be done …. more

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