February 19, 2017
March Pen residents protest police killing
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There is currently a strong police presence in the March Pen community along the Spanish Town Bypass, as residents mount a protest this morning in response to the alleged police killing of a higgler from the community last night.
The deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Andrad McDonald.
Residents, this morning, blocked the Spanish Town Bypass, however, it has been cleared by the police and other protests have since been mounted in the community by burning tyres, boards and garbage.
Residents are accusing the police of lying that they took a homemade gun from the young man.
Tanesha Mundle