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Problem.........so according to police they are connected.
[COLOR=#113f8f !important]Time to bring back the eradication squad.
Give us the beheaders - cops
August Town residents fearful of police backlash
BY INGRID BROWN Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, July 25, 2011
THE police are urging August Town residents to give up the group of men who beheaded 37-year-old Gary Emanuel Smith. For their part, the residents have implored the lawmen not to turn their wrath on these communities and sour the current good relationship they have with the security forces.
Smith's headless body was found on a dirt track on a bushy area of Bedward Gardens — a volatile community in August Town, St Andrew on Saturday.
Yesterday, superintendent in charge of the St Andrew Central division, Derrick "Cowboy" Knight told the Observer that the police had identified a group of men involved in the gruesome act who they want the community members to assist them in finding.
"We will work to ensure the good relationship continues but the residents need to give up these men," Knight insisted.
He said that although information was still sketchy, investigations suggested that the killing was related to inter-gang feud.
He stressed that the police knew whom they were looking for but needed the help of residents in locating them.
However, an executive member of a group, which calls itself Tavern for Peace and Prosperity, and who requested anonymity, said residents did not want to send the message that there was a gang war, fearing the lawmen could turn their aggression on the August Town communities.
He said if the police became aggressive with community members, this would derail a number of peace-keeping initiatives which had been ongoing within the past year.
"The police have a way to shut down the community and start to behave aggressive towards residents when things like this happen and this could affect all the things that we have been doing in the community," he told the Observer.
He said the police have been working with the citizens to organise a number of sporting events which have been helping to unite the communities. It was now feared that the weekend sporting activities which include football, track and field, drafts, chess. among others, could come to an abrupt end.
In the meantime, the community spokesman also expressed fear that this gruesome act could result in resurgence of internicine violence in the community and shatter its peace.
"My appeal, therefore, is that the police need to have a bit more presence but not in an aggressive way," he said.
Meanwhile, the police have imposed a curfew in a section of the St Andrew Central Division as of Saturday. The curfew which will remain in effect until 6:00 pm today, runs north along Golden Road at Premix main entrance to Bedward Gardens; south along Berry drive along June Road across the river to Berry Drive; east along Bedward Gardens main road to Dread Heights and west along Premix road to Golden Avenue and the Hope River.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1T7mTAxeS[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#113f8f !important]Time to bring back the eradication squad.
Give us the beheaders - cops
August Town residents fearful of police backlash
BY INGRID BROWN Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, July 25, 2011
THE police are urging August Town residents to give up the group of men who beheaded 37-year-old Gary Emanuel Smith. For their part, the residents have implored the lawmen not to turn their wrath on these communities and sour the current good relationship they have with the security forces.
Smith's headless body was found on a dirt track on a bushy area of Bedward Gardens — a volatile community in August Town, St Andrew on Saturday.
Yesterday, superintendent in charge of the St Andrew Central division, Derrick "Cowboy" Knight told the Observer that the police had identified a group of men involved in the gruesome act who they want the community members to assist them in finding.
"We will work to ensure the good relationship continues but the residents need to give up these men," Knight insisted.
He said that although information was still sketchy, investigations suggested that the killing was related to inter-gang feud.
He stressed that the police knew whom they were looking for but needed the help of residents in locating them.
However, an executive member of a group, which calls itself Tavern for Peace and Prosperity, and who requested anonymity, said residents did not want to send the message that there was a gang war, fearing the lawmen could turn their aggression on the August Town communities.
He said if the police became aggressive with community members, this would derail a number of peace-keeping initiatives which had been ongoing within the past year.
"The police have a way to shut down the community and start to behave aggressive towards residents when things like this happen and this could affect all the things that we have been doing in the community," he told the Observer.
He said the police have been working with the citizens to organise a number of sporting events which have been helping to unite the communities. It was now feared that the weekend sporting activities which include football, track and field, drafts, chess. among others, could come to an abrupt end.
In the meantime, the community spokesman also expressed fear that this gruesome act could result in resurgence of internicine violence in the community and shatter its peace.
"My appeal, therefore, is that the police need to have a bit more presence but not in an aggressive way," he said.
Meanwhile, the police have imposed a curfew in a section of the St Andrew Central Division as of Saturday. The curfew which will remain in effect until 6:00 pm today, runs north along Golden Road at Premix main entrance to Bedward Gardens; south along Berry drive along June Road across the river to Berry Drive; east along Bedward Gardens main road to Dread Heights and west along Premix road to Golden Avenue and the Hope River.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1T7mTAxeS[/COLOR]
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