 Posted 5/27/2010 7:04:12 PM
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| The past week has been tough for Jamaicans and more specifically the residents of Tivoli as an out right war was waged by the military and security forces in their bid to arrest Christopher Dudus Coke. A death toll thus far of 73 persons, damage to infrastructure and a people traumatised. What are the learning points, not only for Jamaica but for the wider Caribbean? Can Jamaica, like Trinidad after the coup years ago rise from the ashes of the bloodshed? What path should the Jamaican government etch to restore confidentiality?
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Posted 5/27/2010 9:52:31 PM
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Yute there is so much here- First I need to understand why cant a sovereign nation like Jamaica, refuse an extradition request from the United State- As far as i understand the US government has present no evidence to justify their request. So the Jamaican government has killed 74 of its citizen to serve and American request. I remember a case in St.Vincent and the Grenadine where 2 white American where arrested for the murder of a Vincentian citizen. in this case the evidence was overwhelming. But the US government demanded that their citizen be sent home and they were.
Back to Jamaica- Jamaica has a history of criminal gangs controlling not just sectors of the Kingston but controlling the political votes in those area. These gangs have rein terror on the residents- committing murder, rape, extortion and a slew of other crimes. Why did this go unchecked for all these years. The JDF has shown that they have had the ability to clean up the garrisons. In 3 days of manhunt for Dudus Coke- has seen 12 dons (all wanted men) turning themselves over to the authorities.
Jamaican authorities have not only to clean up the garrison- they have the ability to keep it that way- my guess though, politics would get in the way of that.
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