Police killings, rape and gay bashing
The M16 rifle is used by police
I know two people personally who have been shot and killed by police in Jamaica. Those sons are still mourned terribly by their mothers and the pain of missing them does not go away ever in their families, no matter how many years go by.
Amnesty International’s new report says that there were 222 people killed by the police. They give a couple of examples -like 13 year old Jevaughn Robinson who was shot in the head.
They also report that 655 women were raped between Jan -Oct 2008 and then there’s the usual discrimination against gay people.
In all these cases, government action is stalled – legislation which could help do something about these things is stuck in Parliament. I wonder if Jamaica will ever get to grips with these long standing problems.
Extra-judicial killings and summary executions are the methods utilized by the agents of the state—the Jamaican police—in fighting crime especially in relationship to the poor. Two hundred and twenty two such killings by the police is indeed extremely excessive.
655 women raped between Jan-Oct 2008 is outrageous, totally outrageous.The culture of violence and misogyny is extremely pervasive.Yet,Jamaica has more churches per capita than any other country in the world.How paradoxical?!! Nuff respect!!
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