08-07-2014, 09:27 AM
Hey Sharleen!
I have been following all these posts and was gonna replied but noticed they seemed to have died so I didn't want to start them up again. However, now that you posted this I will put in my 2 cents.
I was in Negril when both of the Westend killings happened. In fact Colin's sister Ter is my good friend and so are her sons and daughters. We got the call the night Colin was killed and immediately the next morning we went to her yard. We sat with one of the sons as Ter wasn't there as she was at her mothers informing her that she had lost yet another son. Dennis died the year before almost to the day...
Shortly after the yard visit we went up to Hylton to visit Sissy and she just couldn't believe Colin was gone. After our visit we stopped at Out of Town as Ter was now there with her daughters. She was in absolute disbelieve that this happened. Everyone said the same thing that he was being watched. Lately Colin had been closing earlier due to the recent past threat and they think he just got comfortable again as it had been a couple of months. No one could understand why him and I was told that nothing was stolen...
If anyone thinks that these things happen and the Jamaicans are not angry and upset, think again. My take from sitting there with the immediate family was they were very angry that it took 45 mins for the cops to show up. And that 2- 4 cars (not clear on the number) all drove straight up the West end road with none going up from Orange Hill/Redground... Nice way to let the killers escape...
I left this past Sunday, with ATI in full swing down on the beach and I have to wonder why there was next to no police presence in the Westend during this time... It's not rocket science.. crime is going to escalate when you have the population increase with out of town visitors and residence heading down to the beach area.
It is a double edged sword however with the statement, because it seems to me that when the police are in the Westend they are more concerned with harrassing the residents instead of checking the strangers...
My poor Ja...
I have been following all these posts and was gonna replied but noticed they seemed to have died so I didn't want to start them up again. However, now that you posted this I will put in my 2 cents.
I was in Negril when both of the Westend killings happened. In fact Colin's sister Ter is my good friend and so are her sons and daughters. We got the call the night Colin was killed and immediately the next morning we went to her yard. We sat with one of the sons as Ter wasn't there as she was at her mothers informing her that she had lost yet another son. Dennis died the year before almost to the day...
Shortly after the yard visit we went up to Hylton to visit Sissy and she just couldn't believe Colin was gone. After our visit we stopped at Out of Town as Ter was now there with her daughters. She was in absolute disbelieve that this happened. Everyone said the same thing that he was being watched. Lately Colin had been closing earlier due to the recent past threat and they think he just got comfortable again as it had been a couple of months. No one could understand why him and I was told that nothing was stolen...
If anyone thinks that these things happen and the Jamaicans are not angry and upset, think again. My take from sitting there with the immediate family was they were very angry that it took 45 mins for the cops to show up. And that 2- 4 cars (not clear on the number) all drove straight up the West end road with none going up from Orange Hill/Redground... Nice way to let the killers escape...
I left this past Sunday, with ATI in full swing down on the beach and I have to wonder why there was next to no police presence in the Westend during this time... It's not rocket science.. crime is going to escalate when you have the population increase with out of town visitors and residence heading down to the beach area.
It is a double edged sword however with the statement, because it seems to me that when the police are in the Westend they are more concerned with harrassing the residents instead of checking the strangers...
My poor Ja...