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Gunmen shoot up Spanish Town Police Station
Friday, March 11, 2011
Gunmen last night attacked the Spanish Town Police Station and shot at mobile patrols during a power outage that covered a wide area of St Catherine. "They used the cover of darkness to shoot up the station," a police spokesman told the Observer. "But as soon as the power returned they ran."
Last night, the police high command described the attacks as "vicious and unprovoked" and said they indicated "the viciousness and the extraordinary lengths to which criminals from the Clansman gang will go in order to perpetuate their criminal way of life".
The violent Clansman gang lost three members to police bullets last weekend.
Last night, the police high command said that despite the unwarranted attacks, the resolve of the constabulary remains strong.
"The police will not cower in the face of these attacks and will respond appropriately and professionally," the high command said and praised "the bravery and the commitment of members who came under sustained gunfire ... and who were able to repel the criminals".
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Jesse Fraser
3/11/2011
The gangs are getting rather bold. I think the members of the gangs are known. We need laws that makes simple membership in a gang that is known to be inolved in criminal activities unlawful.
3/11/2011
The gangs are getting rather bold. I think the members of the gangs are known. We need laws that makes simple membership in a gang that is known to be inolved in criminal activities unlawful.
sharon edwards
3/11/2011
People remember Braeton 7, this was what Renato Adams was trying to curb. One order, clansman and the rest of them. PNP gov got rid of him because St Catherine, Clarendon, St Eliz and St Ann are the 4 largest parish in JA, where else would they like to capture the mass of people for their party. Now it reeks advoc in 2 of the major parish. Does these politicians have any heart, I rephrase that NO they don't and again dual citizens for all of them, runaway when the heat is too hot.
3/11/2011
People remember Braeton 7, this was what Renato Adams was trying to curb. One order, clansman and the rest of them. PNP gov got rid of him because St Catherine, Clarendon, St Eliz and St Ann are the 4 largest parish in JA, where else would they like to capture the mass of people for their party. Now it reeks advoc in 2 of the major parish. Does these politicians have any heart, I rephrase that NO they don't and again dual citizens for all of them, runaway when the heat is too hot.
damion allen
3/11/2011
The police force in jamaica brings this on to themselves...They have no manners and no principle, and these little innercity kids that they use to beat at young tender age of 5 and above, growth with nothing but hatred towards them... My father was shot 17 times by them, and he was soldier walking home, the excuse was they taught he was someone else....what came out of it, nothing, three fatherless kids THAT HAVE NOTHING BUT HATRED FOR THEM....
3/11/2011
The police force in jamaica brings this on to themselves...They have no manners and no principle, and these little innercity kids that they use to beat at young tender age of 5 and above, growth with nothing but hatred towards them... My father was shot 17 times by them, and he was soldier walking home, the excuse was they taught he was someone else....what came out of it, nothing, three fatherless kids THAT HAVE NOTHING BUT HATRED FOR THEM....
Jay Brown
3/11/2011
These guys use cellphones so are you telling me we do not have probable cause to get their phones tapped and then go after them where ever they are located.
Come on man, We may need Peter Phillips here to sort this out with another secret MOU
3/11/2011
These guys use cellphones so are you telling me we do not have probable cause to get their phones tapped and then go after them where ever they are located.
Come on man, We may need Peter Phillips here to sort this out with another secret MOU
Criminal Paradise
3/11/2011
dont make me laugh police threat level at EXTREME COMMISSIONER and police cant get dem licence firearm because of u and ur dimwit deputies tsk tsk you dont give a rats ass about the lives of the rank and file police men/women. So hush up
3/11/2011
dont make me laugh police threat level at EXTREME COMMISSIONER and police cant get dem licence firearm because of u and ur dimwit deputies tsk tsk you dont give a rats ass about the lives of the rank and file police men/women. So hush up
Malcolm Schenker
3/11/2011
Remember how Tivoli used to think they were untouchable? Remember how Dudus was likened to Jesus? Remember how the "Tivoli Republic" launched a war on the law? Is alright man, I just hope Com. Ellington will remain non aligned. Memba stories of the Jamaica when ppl coulda walk streets at nights, now we cya'an even walk a day. Jamaica, we have to lead our selves, audit and inquire everything, mi prefer pay fi that than million dollar chair and SUV fi mininsta!
3/11/2011
Remember how Tivoli used to think they were untouchable? Remember how Dudus was likened to Jesus? Remember how the "Tivoli Republic" launched a war on the law? Is alright man, I just hope Com. Ellington will remain non aligned. Memba stories of the Jamaica when ppl coulda walk streets at nights, now we cya'an even walk a day. Jamaica, we have to lead our selves, audit and inquire everything, mi prefer pay fi that than million dollar chair and SUV fi mininsta!
Isaac Riley Jr.
3/11/2011
We need a very comprehensive gang elimination plan in Spain. If you eliminate the Kanspan (the bigger gang), the Outta Order gang will fill the vacuum. And recall that the Outta Order gang is fiercely loyal to TG (esp. the Tawes Pen guys). Now there is a splinter No Order gang that's working undercover. We need more than the JDF, we need resolute gang-elimination strategies.
3/11/2011
We need a very comprehensive gang elimination plan in Spain. If you eliminate the Kanspan (the bigger gang), the Outta Order gang will fill the vacuum. And recall that the Outta Order gang is fiercely loyal to TG (esp. the Tawes Pen guys). Now there is a splinter No Order gang that's working undercover. We need more than the JDF, we need resolute gang-elimination strategies.
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
We will not see a reduction in crime in Jamaica until
A) We get some real Judges (B) Have an organization that can investigate and bring charges against politicians (C) Incorporate some aspects of the JDF to launch surprise activities (D) start using video surveillance ( E) get some international monitoring who will report to the world what's happening, (F) really begin to be to a third political party. I grew up in Spanish Town and know some of these politicians and what they have done
3/11/2011
We will not see a reduction in crime in Jamaica until
A) We get some real Judges (B) Have an organization that can investigate and bring charges against politicians (C) Incorporate some aspects of the JDF to launch surprise activities (D) start using video surveillance ( E) get some international monitoring who will report to the world what's happening, (F) really begin to be to a third political party. I grew up in Spanish Town and know some of these politicians and what they have done
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
We need an investigation to be launched by the World's criminal court, into the activities of the Jamaican Politicians, to determine if they can be charged for the deaths of thousands of innocent Jamaicans from 1982 onward. There must be an article under which they can be brought up on charges. Their assets should be freezed, liquified and pumped back into the economy. How can you become a millionaire within month to a year of becoming a politician, from a poor man status? must be tied to THUGS
3/11/2011
We need an investigation to be launched by the World's criminal court, into the activities of the Jamaican Politicians, to determine if they can be charged for the deaths of thousands of innocent Jamaicans from 1982 onward. There must be an article under which they can be brought up on charges. Their assets should be freezed, liquified and pumped back into the economy. How can you become a millionaire within month to a year of becoming a politician, from a poor man status? must be tied to THUGS
Sonny Black
3/11/2011
Well maybe the FAST/Human Rights advocates who Bash Policemen as State Terrorists will see who the real Terrorists are. These murderers has shown over and over that they are not afraid to spread mayhem to suit their agenda yet like Nero we Blind Jamaicans simply sit and fiddle whilst the country is burning and whenever the few brave Jamaicans stand up to these destructors of our country we curse them instead of giving support.
3/11/2011
Well maybe the FAST/Human Rights advocates who Bash Policemen as State Terrorists will see who the real Terrorists are. These murderers has shown over and over that they are not afraid to spread mayhem to suit their agenda yet like Nero we Blind Jamaicans simply sit and fiddle whilst the country is burning and whenever the few brave Jamaicans stand up to these destructors of our country we curse them instead of giving support.
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
We need to entrap the politicians who keep on calling for the release and ease up on the criminal elements within their constituents and prosecute them as well. But simultaneously, we will have to get some new Judges who have not been tainted. There is a financial strain on the country because of the cost associated with Emotional distress, medical/surgical, stifling of youthful development and the lost of human lives due to incompetence from our uncouth political representatives
3/11/2011
We need to entrap the politicians who keep on calling for the release and ease up on the criminal elements within their constituents and prosecute them as well. But simultaneously, we will have to get some new Judges who have not been tainted. There is a financial strain on the country because of the cost associated with Emotional distress, medical/surgical, stifling of youthful development and the lost of human lives due to incompetence from our uncouth political representatives
T Lester
3/11/2011
Yes blame TG for this to nuh especially all the wagonist from overseas who don't know anything about what was and is going on in JA. Did you know that crime was down in kingston before the Dudus extradition saga? I don't think so, because most of you foreign wagonist dish it out everyday that TG was the haven for violence which it wasn't. A peace wi seh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/11/2011
Yes blame TG for this to nuh especially all the wagonist from overseas who don't know anything about what was and is going on in JA. Did you know that crime was down in kingston before the Dudus extradition saga? I don't think so, because most of you foreign wagonist dish it out everyday that TG was the haven for violence which it wasn't. A peace wi seh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
A good childhood friend of mine was the first police office to be murdered in the beginning of 2009. His sister and a niece was shot during the incident. I vividly remembered upon my return to Jamaica to work, we met after I visited the old neighbourhood in Spanish Town, I saw how he profiled and I mentioned to him "You can never be friends with gangsters" he said, "I have them locked and under control", unfortunately he found out the hard way. POLICE and GANGSTER can never be friends
3/11/2011
A good childhood friend of mine was the first police office to be murdered in the beginning of 2009. His sister and a niece was shot during the incident. I vividly remembered upon my return to Jamaica to work, we met after I visited the old neighbourhood in Spanish Town, I saw how he profiled and I mentioned to him "You can never be friends with gangsters" he said, "I have them locked and under control", unfortunately he found out the hard way. POLICE and GANGSTER can never be friends
G T
3/11/2011
wellwell I wonder if the cops shot one of them.. what would INDICOM do?? this is just what the cops have to go thro... but nobody seems to care about that... some would even say they deserve that... the life of a cop in Ja is prretty hard... damn if u do damn if u don't
3/11/2011
wellwell I wonder if the cops shot one of them.. what would INDICOM do?? this is just what the cops have to go thro... but nobody seems to care about that... some would even say they deserve that... the life of a cop in Ja is prretty hard... damn if u do damn if u don't
Ann Smith
3/11/2011
Do we see another Tivoli in the making?
People with no respect for law and order. No respect for the rights of others.
The heavy hand of the Government must be displayed!
PM, Commanders, please nip it in the bud.
3/11/2011
Do we see another Tivoli in the making?
People with no respect for law and order. No respect for the rights of others.
The heavy hand of the Government must be displayed!
PM, Commanders, please nip it in the bud.
Isaac Riley Jr.
3/11/2011
@ Nicholas Henry, actually Puppy String (from Site aka De La Vega City) created the Klanspan (misspelling intentional). Bulbie murdered him (yes his own friend) and took control of the gang and is responsible for making it this large & murderous empire that we have today: the gang is roughly 20 yrs old.
3/11/2011
@ Nicholas Henry, actually Puppy String (from Site aka De La Vega City) created the Klanspan (misspelling intentional). Bulbie murdered him (yes his own friend) and took control of the gang and is responsible for making it this large & murderous empire that we have today: the gang is roughly 20 yrs old.
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
I have not lived in Jamaica for the past 3 years consistently, but each time I return and spend time, I know who is who in the communities that I visit at times. You cannot tell me, in this day and age with surveillance technology, man power and the JDF at the Government's disposal, they cannot reduce the activities of these elements? But then, take a look at what happening within the parties with threats and hit lists on each other and it tells you what kind of "Leaders" we have in Jamaica
3/11/2011
I have not lived in Jamaica for the past 3 years consistently, but each time I return and spend time, I know who is who in the communities that I visit at times. You cannot tell me, in this day and age with surveillance technology, man power and the JDF at the Government's disposal, they cannot reduce the activities of these elements? But then, take a look at what happening within the parties with threats and hit lists on each other and it tells you what kind of "Leaders" we have in Jamaica
Pat Dempsey
3/11/2011
There are a few factors playing out here. There are still elements within the force (few) that connects with these guys, thus allowing them to roam freely, these guys are still politically connected and protected, and the JCF and media plays into the criminals hands. When a media can print on the front page "Police fears retaliation" What message does that send to the thugs and public at large? Just like the movie Alcapone (which is a true story) they hit you, you hit them twice as hard
3/11/2011
There are a few factors playing out here. There are still elements within the force (few) that connects with these guys, thus allowing them to roam freely, these guys are still politically connected and protected, and the JCF and media plays into the criminals hands. When a media can print on the front page "Police fears retaliation" What message does that send to the thugs and public at large? Just like the movie Alcapone (which is a true story) they hit you, you hit them twice as hard
mad max
3/11/2011
These men are cowards they are not fighting for any cause and they can be easily dismantled if needed but the politicians are protecting them and musicians are biging them up.what will it take the the leaders of this country to start putting country first.
The independent Jamaicans needs to rise up cause we are allowing the die hard supporters to have their way.
3/11/2011
These men are cowards they are not fighting for any cause and they can be easily dismantled if needed but the politicians are protecting them and musicians are biging them up.what will it take the the leaders of this country to start putting country first.
The independent Jamaicans needs to rise up cause we are allowing the die hard supporters to have their way.
Trevor Harris
3/11/2011
I urge the police not to give up,continue your work, these criminals must be eradicated at all cost.It's quite clear that they are under pressure, bring the fight to them and you well succeed.I only hope the different groups are taking note and when these thugs are killed we don't head hear them echoing the chorus,"killed in cold blood".
3/11/2011
I urge the police not to give up,continue your work, these criminals must be eradicated at all cost.It's quite clear that they are under pressure, bring the fight to them and you well succeed.I only hope the different groups are taking note and when these thugs are killed we don't head hear them echoing the chorus,"killed in cold blood".
Anthony C
3/11/2011
Where is minister i can't recall? It surprise me why he is not asking for a fight with this Clansman group,This group deserves the same treatment that was delivered to Dudus and his group last year. Send in the army to do it's job,which is to defend the country from these cowards who called themselves shottas.
3/11/2011
Where is minister i can't recall? It surprise me why he is not asking for a fight with this Clansman group,This group deserves the same treatment that was delivered to Dudus and his group last year. Send in the army to do it's job,which is to defend the country from these cowards who called themselves shottas.
David Armstrong
3/11/2011
How long is the government going to allow this madness to continue? A serious campaign backed by strong measures must be implemented to disarm the criminals and put them away by execution or life sentence depending on the severity of their crime. If the government allow these gunmen to continue theri rampage and barbaric violence it is only a matter of time that the country will be plunged into anarchy and no one (including the politicians) will be safe.
3/11/2011
How long is the government going to allow this madness to continue? A serious campaign backed by strong measures must be implemented to disarm the criminals and put them away by execution or life sentence depending on the severity of their crime. If the government allow these gunmen to continue theri rampage and barbaric violence it is only a matter of time that the country will be plunged into anarchy and no one (including the politicians) will be safe.
Chuck Emanuel
3/11/2011
The criminal sympathisers among us would have us believe that the almost 17,000 murders of Jamaican citizens by narco-terrorists gangs, gun-runners, extortionists, contract killers, kidnappers and other criminals the past 10 years should be tolerable, as long as we the law-abiders of this country does not seek U.S. intervention and assistance to purge these Terrorists. They need to cease with this pretext of "constitutional rights". Expose the Terrorists and Murderers !
3/11/2011
The criminal sympathisers among us would have us believe that the almost 17,000 murders of Jamaican citizens by narco-terrorists gangs, gun-runners, extortionists, contract killers, kidnappers and other criminals the past 10 years should be tolerable, as long as we the law-abiders of this country does not seek U.S. intervention and assistance to purge these Terrorists. They need to cease with this pretext of "constitutional rights". Expose the Terrorists and Murderers !
Isaac Riley Jr.
3/11/2011
For those bloggers who thrive on ridiculing & bashing the JCF, I hope you are noticing what these people have to go through! It is not the 1st time that Klanspan thugs attack the police (hence the high alert). It's akin to when TG men would pepper the Denham Town station or in the 70's when South Bronx thugs constantly shot up the 44th precinct (NYC's deadliest). JA Thugs carry heavier weapons than the JCF. The JCF needs support -- financially & from the public -- to combat crime.
3/11/2011
For those bloggers who thrive on ridiculing & bashing the JCF, I hope you are noticing what these people have to go through! It is not the 1st time that Klanspan thugs attack the police (hence the high alert). It's akin to when TG men would pepper the Denham Town station or in the 70's when South Bronx thugs constantly shot up the 44th precinct (NYC's deadliest). JA Thugs carry heavier weapons than the JCF. The JCF needs support -- financially & from the public -- to combat crime.
Cassia Park
3/11/2011
ah war dem waan .So Let the police havea state of emergency in Spanish town and round up any klansman gangs,this a a terrorist act to attack police like this,Its time for these criminal gangs to be eradicated,Bring the JDF out,if these criminals want war lets give them war.Police keep up the good work by eradicated these cowardless gunmen who call themselves klansman.
3/11/2011
ah war dem waan .So Let the police havea state of emergency in Spanish town and round up any klansman gangs,this a a terrorist act to attack police like this,Its time for these criminal gangs to be eradicated,Bring the JDF out,if these criminals want war lets give them war.Police keep up the good work by eradicated these cowardless gunmen who call themselves klansman.
Nicolas Henry
3/11/2011
Bulbie & his driver was killed by security forces in the bushes in Clarendon. On the run for 10yrs in JA, Bulbie was mysteriously caught, HMMM. I wonder why? Dwight Nelson said, to fight crime, Jamaicans will have to give up some of their rights. He had to take it back because voters & PNP was all over it. Peter Phillips gave up our rights to a foreign country and his party and voters supports him. Untill we Jamaican respect ourselves, & speak from one voice for a common cause, we are doomed.
3/11/2011
Bulbie & his driver was killed by security forces in the bushes in Clarendon. On the run for 10yrs in JA, Bulbie was mysteriously caught, HMMM. I wonder why? Dwight Nelson said, to fight crime, Jamaicans will have to give up some of their rights. He had to take it back because voters & PNP was all over it. Peter Phillips gave up our rights to a foreign country and his party and voters supports him. Untill we Jamaican respect ourselves, & speak from one voice for a common cause, we are doomed.
Nicolas Henry
3/11/2011
The violent Klansman Gang was born and raised under the PNP 18.5 yrs tenure, & was operated under the leadership of the demised Danovan "Bulbie" Bennet. Bulbie forced a honest PNP MP Heather Robinson to demit her office, because she refused to endorse his gang's action. When she reported the situation to her colleagues in parliament they ignored her. I'm not one sided & narrow minded, that's y my post criticizes PNP and JLP. Peter Phillips was Min of National security when Bulbie grew.
3/11/2011
The violent Klansman Gang was born and raised under the PNP 18.5 yrs tenure, & was operated under the leadership of the demised Danovan "Bulbie" Bennet. Bulbie forced a honest PNP MP Heather Robinson to demit her office, because she refused to endorse his gang's action. When she reported the situation to her colleagues in parliament they ignored her. I'm not one sided & narrow minded, that's y my post criticizes PNP and JLP. Peter Phillips was Min of National security when Bulbie grew.
Nadine Johnson
3/11/2011
Think I want to borrow some of the words Adams had say some time last year. Hunt them down and wipe them out.
3/11/2011
Think I want to borrow some of the words Adams had say some time last year. Hunt them down and wipe them out.
Jay Brown
3/11/2011
I said earlier this week that the cops should not wait for these criminals to strike, instead they should make a pre-emptive strike, bu I think I understand what the cops did.
Now that the idiots have attacked the state the stakes have been raised and as such I now expect that they "plan" will now be executed,.
3/11/2011
I said earlier this week that the cops should not wait for these criminals to strike, instead they should make a pre-emptive strike, bu I think I understand what the cops did.
Now that the idiots have attacked the state the stakes have been raised and as such I now expect that they "plan" will now be executed,.
Devon T
3/11/2011
This is what those opposed to the limited imposition wants to see. I bet they are having champagne celebrations now. Bruce you need to Man up and defy the idiots and do what is right for Jamaica and it's people. There may be civilian casualties but what do we prefer the mayhem or the longlasting peace that follows?
3/11/2011
This is what those opposed to the limited imposition wants to see. I bet they are having champagne celebrations now. Bruce you need to Man up and defy the idiots and do what is right for Jamaica and it's people. There may be civilian casualties but what do we prefer the mayhem or the longlasting peace that follows?
george watson
3/11/2011
When is the PNP going to come out publicly and dissociate themselves from this vicious and bloodthirsty gang?
3/11/2011
When is the PNP going to come out publicly and dissociate themselves from this vicious and bloodthirsty gang?
San Patrek
3/11/2011
So much for the government not securing the SOE. The current administration is directly responsible for this as by playing politics, they did not secure a longer SOE that would have allowed the police in the first instance to clean up Spanish Town. Now the police are at risk of paying for this error with their own lives. I don't like the PNP but I won't blame them because they only got the blade, its the government who has the handle and they should act as such.
3/11/2011
So much for the government not securing the SOE. The current administration is directly responsible for this as by playing politics, they did not secure a longer SOE that would have allowed the police in the first instance to clean up Spanish Town. Now the police are at risk of paying for this error with their own lives. I don't like the PNP but I won't blame them because they only got the blade, its the government who has the handle and they should act as such.
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