Grant’s Pen (St. Andrew) Residents Mount Roadblocks To Protest Police Killing
Residents of the Grant’s Pen community in St. Andrew, mounted roadblocks in the community earlier today in protest of the fatal shooting of a man (18-year-old Anthony Litchmore) by the police in the community. Litchmore was reportedly shot and killed on Frederick Avenue. According to police reports, a police team saw Litchmore and another man [...]
Jamaican Government Seeks To Extradite Former Policeman From The U.S.
Hot on the heels of the recent arrest of an ex-policeman who was on the run in the United States for eight years (while he was being sought to face a murder charge here in Jamaica), comes the news that the Government is seeking the extradition of another former cop from the U.S., so that [...]
Former Police Constable Arrested 8 Years After Controversial Shooting Death
46 year old Walter Spikes was deported from the United States yesterday, and immediately after he arrived on the charter flight along with 70 other deportees, he was arrested and taken to the Kingston Central Police station. Spikes is said to be an ex-policeman who was on the run for eight years, and he has [...]
Residents Claim Police Murdered Man In Denham Town
Yesterday’s shooting incident involving the police in Denham Town (West Kingston) which left 24-year-old Delroy Arnold dead, has left some residents claiming that he was murdered. According to residents, at approximately 5 a.m. yesterday morning, the police ordered Arnold out of his house in Chestnut Lane, and shot him inside a neighbouring house where a [...]
Are Jamaica’s Citizens Also To Blame For Police Killings
Are Jamaica’s citizens also to blame for the high rate of police killings across the island? If a recent academic paper by Dr. Herbert Gayle is to be believed, then the answer is a resounding YES. In today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, writer/editor Petre Williams-Rayor takes a close look at Dr. Gayle’s paper … more here