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The Independent Commission of investigations (INDECOM) has reportedly started a probe into the recent shooting deaths of two men by the police in Williamsfield District, St. Catherine. The men, Michael Wayne Smith and Richard Anthony Ellis, of Crawle District, Riversdale, St. Catherine were allegedly killed in a shootout with the police on Saturday, March 26. [...]

Article in today’s Gleaner newspaper: Human rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has expressed shock and concern that police killings represented one in five deadly shootings recorded in crime statistics for 2010 … the JFJ also noted that this figure did not include the 73 civilians killed during the joint police-military operation in west Kingston [...]

According to a Tyrone Reid feature in today’s  Gleaner newspaper, in just over 10 years (1999 to 2009), members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) fatally shot more than 2,000 civilians in alleged shoot-outs and other confrontations. Data from the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), obtained through the human-rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), [...]

Aljazeera is an international news network that’s headquartered in Doha, Qatar. In a recent video documentary titled “Vigilante In Uniform”, Aljazeera has placed the spotlight on police killings in Jamaica, describing the country’s police force as among the “deadliest in the world”. We’ve featured the video below.

Residents in one section of Wilton Gardens (more popularly known as Rema), are protesting the police killing on Saturday, January 30, of three men from the area. The dead men have been identified as 26 year old David Jones, who would have celebrated his birthday yesterday; 20 year old Ryan Palmer; and 20 year old [...]