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A deadly police force
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: brutality, deaths, extra, jamaica, judicial, police, usa
Comments (1) Jamaican police will be given batons, handcuffs, pepper sprays and equipment belts for approximately 6,500 frontline officers, later this year by the USA.
It’s a donation that has an underlying message – try and do something about police brutality in Jamaica. Between 2000 and 2010 there have been more than 2,220 fatal shootings by the police, that’s over 200 deaths a year on average. 2010 was particularly bad after the attack on Tivoli Gardens where 40 people are alleged to have been victims of extra judicial killings over the course of 2 days in May.
The Dudus Connection
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: america, christopher, coke, don, dons, Drugs, dudus, extradition, guns, jamaica, jamaica labour party, jlp, kingpin, kingston, michael, peter, phillips, pnp, tivoli gardens, usa, West Kingston
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Dudus - photo Sunday Herald
Things are starting to unravel in Jamaica, as the drug money link between dons and politicians, starts to get the media attention it deserves.
The United States want Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke – the notorious don man of Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston for trafficking drugs and guns. But will the ruling Jamaica Labour Party give him up?
The connections are many. They are outlined here and include,
a construction company called Incomparable Enterprises, where Dudus is a partner was awarded three govt contracts by the JLP valued at $ US 400 thousand.
Another contract worth a $US 150,000 contract, was given to transport materials to Riverton City landfill.
Dudus heads up the entertainment company Presidential Click which organises the very popular Champions In Action event.
Police say that Dudus also owns several residences, including this house in Plantation Heights, Red Hills, St Andrew.
This is Dudus's house in Red Hills- looks real nice
This house is a far cry from the living conditions of the residents of Tivoli Gardens, people are said to fear him and love him. I’ve written more about passa passa in this blog post - a dance he keeps which is not subject to the 2am noise laws.
Conditions in Tivoli are not so lavish- photo by miss patricia
The former national security minister – Peter Phillips from the opposition Peoples’ National Party has spoken up on the issue, predictably saying the government should give Dudus to the Americans.
So what’s stopping them? Dudus’s money has bought him alot of power in the JLP, will it be enough to protect him?
Find out more – http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p007qzzk
