07-31-2014, 05:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-31-2014, 05:20 PM by Westenders.)
This is the second killing in a week that we know of, both very similar.
Mother in law phoned a few days ago to say their family friend, who also had his own shop was shot in the head and died the next day.
This was in country, half an hour from negril, hasn't even made the news, which is even sadder.
A respectable older community man shot dead, and not even newsworthy!!
There is just no leadership or real consequences for gun crime in Jamaica IMO, innocent people are being killed at the hands of thugs and the police. I know of five people shot dead by the police in the last 18 months, as well as a friend caught in the crossfire of the police shooting a thug a few months ago at a friggin children's football match. Leg full of copper shot for him and man shot dead by police in front of a Field of traumatised kids.
For me the change has to start with the corruption in the police and government, otherwise what stops the 'people' joining them.
RG I agree with your perspective.
Mother in law phoned a few days ago to say their family friend, who also had his own shop was shot in the head and died the next day.
This was in country, half an hour from negril, hasn't even made the news, which is even sadder.
A respectable older community man shot dead, and not even newsworthy!!
There is just no leadership or real consequences for gun crime in Jamaica IMO, innocent people are being killed at the hands of thugs and the police. I know of five people shot dead by the police in the last 18 months, as well as a friend caught in the crossfire of the police shooting a thug a few months ago at a friggin children's football match. Leg full of copper shot for him and man shot dead by police in front of a Field of traumatised kids.
For me the change has to start with the corruption in the police and government, otherwise what stops the 'people' joining them.
RG I agree with your perspective.