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Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. [ a ] The incident attracted national and international media attention and brought increased scrutiny to the status of LGBT rights in Jamaica .
Robert Hill, known as Kentucky Kid, [1] (died 8 December 2009) was a Jamaican entertainer who was shot dead by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). [2] Hill had earlier filmed a previous incident in which police officers entered his house and confronted him and his wife Kumiko, who was eight months pregnant at the time.
"Other" lists killings while in judicial custody. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally.
A government agency in Jamaica says it is investigating four fatal shootings by police officers in the span of 24 hours, including that of a 14-year-old boy. The Independent Commission of ...
The violence, which largely took place over 24–25 May, killed at least 73 civilians and wounded at least 35 others. [4] [5] [6] Four soldiers and police were also killed and more than 500 arrests were made, as Jamaican police and soldiers fought gunmen in the Tivoli Gardens district of Kingston. [5]
Per capita killings by the JCF are among the highest in the world. With a population of less than three million, police killed 140 people each year in the 1990s [23] —five times the death rate in 1990s South Africa. Current rates may be as many as 300 per year. [29] This makes Jamaica's police force "among the deadliest in the world". [30]
City and federal agencies are beefing up resources in Queens park land following The Post's coverage on animal killings and torture in Jamaica Bay. ... provide additional parks police patrol in ...
Since 2000, in attempting to fight the country's crime rate with a tough approach, police in Jamaica have allegedly killed more than 3,000 people - mostly young men. [4] [6] In 2017, the recorded number of fatalities at the hands of Jamaican law enforcement officers was 168 people; an average of three people a week in a nation of 2.8 million. [7]