Police Killings Represented One In Five Deadly Shootings In 2010
Posted by news on January 15, 2011 , No comment
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 [...]
Filed under : Controversial Shootings
Amnesty Inernational Report Criticizes Jamaican Police
Posted by news on June 5, 2009 , No comment
Amnesty International’s recent annual report has once again criticized the Jamaican police for what it described as the high rate of killings by members of the force in ‘socially excluded’ inner-city communities. The report said the rate of police killings has fallen but is still high – 222 people were killed by the Jamaican police [...]
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