ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A man seen in a now viral video promoting violence on social media has been arrested and charged, police say.

Head of the St Elizabeth Police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto has confirmed that Giovannie Skeen, also called ‘Mother Love’, a clothes vendor of Marlborough district in Balaclava, St Elizabeth was charged with use of audiovisual communication to promote violence.

The video in question reportedly showed Skeen saying that if his candidate of choice does not win in the upcoming general election, he would cause violence to ensue in the affected region.

Posted to his TikTok page, it captured his use of phrases such as, “if we no win, we ago turn the world inna Haiti, pure big matic and rifle“ and, “me wi murder people fi me party”.

Subsequent to the first video, Skeen posted another five-minute video online seeking to justify his earlier comments.

“When mi say fi turn Jamaica ina Haiti, mi nuh mean fi use no gun and kill nobody,” he said, instead pointing to injustices he said he had observed.

“Why mi say mi want Jamaica or the whole world turn ina Haiti, how much people out deh weh poor and a suffer nuh have no house, no business, no work…the people dem fi get work,” he said

The vendor, however, refused to apologise for his earlier comments.

As a result of the initial post, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the police carried out a targeted operation in the Balaclava community, where Skeen was seen and detained.

He was then taken into custody, and later charged.