Ann-Marie Williams was one of those waiting for news. She last heard from her 18-year-old son Jeff on Monday, shortly before police and soldiers stormed the Tivoli Gardens quarter of the Jamaican capital in pursuance of a warrant granted for Coke’s extradition to the United States on drugs and weapons trafficking charges.
Heavily armed police guarded the gate to the stadium, a short distance from the city centre. Its use as a prison is another manifestation of the state of emergency declared in west Kingston, which has resulted in Tivoli, a compact collection of slums, being sealed off from the outside world, together with another enclave, Denham Town. While Coke, alleged head of a criminal empire stretching from Kingston to New York, remains at large, the people of Tivoli, the vast majority of them innocent people, are imprisoned, short of food and water, and surrounded by the wreckage of a battle that has claimed the lives of more than 70 civilians, one soldier and two policemen.
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Just 4 the record regarding that 70 civillians, that number has been more than doubled but thats the number released by govt. 2 the media.
Security Forces wen they were moving in...
Just 4 the record regarding that 70 civillians, that number has been more than doubled but thats the number released by govt. 2 the media.
Security Forces wen they were moving in...
PUBLIC Defender Earl Witter today made a public appeal for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to turn himself in to the authorities.
ReplyDeleteWitter said he, along with Political Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair, was willing to help Coke if contacted.
Witter said that if Coke was willing to use his office to facilitate the process, he would also ensure that Coke was properly monitored so that no harm would come to him.
He made the appeal at a press conference at his office on Harbour Street in Kingston.
Coke has been on the run since police and the Jamaica Defence Force stormed his West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens in order to serve an arrest warrant earlier this week.He is believed to have escaped before the security forces could reach him.Police Commissioner Owen Ellington said despite other reports that Coke had left the country, the police believe Coke is still on the island.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Public-Defender-begs--Dudus--to-turn-himself-in-
The search for illegal weapons in West Kingston continues to yield results with 28 guns and 8,885 rounds of assorted ammunition recovered so far by the security forces.A release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force today (May 29) said that the guns include 14 rifles and 14 hand guns.
ReplyDeleteThe Management of the Quad nightclub has announced that the Christopher's Jazz Café and Oxygen nightclub will be open to customers this weekend
ReplyDeleteQUAD OPEN BUT IGLOO WILL BE OPEN JUNE 6
Confirmed: The Police found men wanted for murder, burglary and larceny among the detainees from West Kingston. (TVJ)
ReplyDeleteYO I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THAT MOTHER. IT REMINDS ME OF THE KKK DOING THAT TO BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA
ReplyDelete@anonymous 6:30 although u know so much tingz that TG ppl do, as a mother u can feel the pain of another mother who has lost their child.
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