JamaicaObserver.com – A sad roll call of 1,680 persons were murdered last year, the highest ever for Jamaica, exceeding the previous record of 1674 in 2005.
Releasing crime statistics for 2009 today, the Jamaica Constabulary Force said that 52 per cent of murders were attributed to gang warfare and reprisals. A total of 1292 persons were killed by the gun.
There were, however, decreases in Rape and Carnal Abuse cases, by 21 per cent and 16 per cent respectively. Eleven police officers were killed by criminals in 2009.
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You need to remember that the European slave trade dumped all the uncontrollable
Africans on this island so what you get is what you get.
I stil find it alarming how Jamaicans overseas pretend never to have heard of Dominica. “Small Islander” is how they call us. Yet we strugle through Social Studes in Dominica School System cramming the names of its Capital, Airport, and Prime Ministers. That in itself is so aggravating. Dominica keep hosting Jamaican Artists who extort us huge sums for shows that they cannot even keep in their country Jamaica. We even hired a Jamaican at NDC as president of the Tourist Board when Jamaicans in fact have the highest Crime rates against Tourists worldwide. Boy ignorance is bliss
my nephew was killed in claredon , avillage name raymonds the police and the criminals shares informatin if u tell dem any thing the gunman knos they have been terrosing this village but the minister of justice does nothing we the tax payers pays these people to kill us off they sit on thier laurel and watch crime escalated
People with guns feel they “BAD” but the truth is the guns ampliflies their “MADNESS.” It is like nothing else under the sun. Like rabid dogs, their destroy their lives and the lives of those around them. Then they feel that brings them respect but it doesnt cause they have to continue killing and are prime targets themselves. How do we stop that? I am sleepy now so I cant say much but here are some valuable natural principles:
1) A gun cannot beat a gun. Even if you used yours first and killed your opponent, your battle is not over and your victory most likely will turn more guns towards you. Thats just the way it is.
2) A gun can be beaten;
If you never take up a gun against another person “for it is written that those who live by the sword will perish by the sword.”
If you never make friends with those who carry illegal guns.
If you engage yourself in positive activities and surround yourself with positive people (for it is written “Two cannot walk together unless they agree.”
If you control your anger “for it is written Be angry and sin not”
If you stay away from places of questionable activities “for it is written abstain from all appearances of evil”
If you lean to Yahweh and his son Yahshua for it is written ” In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.”
If you will “Do unto others what you would like them to do unto you if you were in their place.”
If you will not hold grudges for it is written “Vengeance is mine saith Yahweh, I will repay.”
And if you will “not let the sun go down on your wrath.”
Remember “Practice makes perfect” so if you practice evil, it will make you perfectly evil and if good, perfectly good.
ALL THIS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID;
DOMINICA WE MUST REMEMBER WE ARE GROWING WE ARE OPEN TO THE WORLD;
NOTHING IS NEW TO THE WORLD, IT’S JUST GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER
POLITICS; DRUGS;GUNS ; GREED; LACK OF SPRITUALITY THESE ARE THE ROOTS OF EVIL
WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE AND ADDRESS OUR SITUATION SO WE DON’T BECOME COPY CATS.
WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR HOUSE IS ON FIRE WET YOURS.
IF WE MAKE TIME TO PRAY, WE WILL HAVE LESS TIME TO ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
AMEN.
YET THIS IS NOT ONLY A JA SITUATION, IT SLOWLY TAKING OVER THE CARRIBEAN.
THE GOVERNMENTS NEED TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF GUNS, WHEN THEY BRING IT IN TO SERVE THEIR PURPOSE, IT STAY AROUND TO WORK AGAINST THEM.LIKEWISE THE IMPORTERS. TOO MANY GUNS AROUND.
ALL THIS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID;
DOMINICA WE MUST REMEMBER WE ARE GROWING WE ARE OPEN TO THE WORLD;
NOTHING IS NEW TO THE WORLD, IT’S JUST GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER
POLITICS; DRUGS;GUNS ; GREED; LACK OF SPRITUALITY THESE ARE THE ROOTS OF EVIL
WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE AND ADDRESS OUR SITUATION SO WE DON’T BECOME COPY CATS.
WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR HOUSE IS ON FIRE WET YOURS.
IF WE MAKE TIME TO PRAY, WE WILL HAVE LESS TIME TO ENGAGE IN THE ACTIVITIES.
AMEN.
Equality you are correct. The high rate of crime in Jamaica is not a recent phenomenon; even prior to the Manley socialist agenda, crime was at an intolerable level and it is estimated that the number of homicides that occurred in Jamaica between 1960 and 2000 is greater than the entire population of Dominica; meaning that if such a rampage had been taking place here, our population would be extinct.
The historical perspective is this. Haiti(San Domingo) was the most successful colony in history, the wealth gleaned from its sugar plantations made France the envy of Western Europe. This huge success led the British to seek slaves who were superior in physical attributes and discipline in order to compete in production of sugar. They found that the Coromatis in the neighborhood of the Pan-Coast of Ghana to meet their standards and brought them to the major British sugar producing islands of Antigua and Jamaica.
Sugar production escalated, but not before they discovered that the hardworking Coromatis would not hesitate to slaughter the slave master upon the slightest provocation.
In a capitalist system, loss of life is a reasonable price to pay for profit and even if the offending slave were dealt the harshest, cruelest punishment imaginable, there was no deterrent to the meanness of the Coromatis, for death was preferable to life on a sugar plantation. In that respect, we can trace the fear harbored by the planters for the slaves who outnumbered them 1000 to 1 at a time that in tiny Jamaica had more than 500 sugar plantations. Slaves in Jamaica were not entitled to civil behavior – they were not allowed to attend church services or even entertain a notion of Christianity until the early nineteenth century.
This barbaric behavior from the Colonizers, at one time Spanish and other times British culminated in several uprisings until finally the Maroons(escaped slaves) defeated the British. The maroons were free but not the rest of the slaves and they were recruited by the British to apprehend escaping slaves for bounty. And this they did ; against their fellow Africans, Jamaicans, slaves. They killed , murdered, plundered with impunity. The legacy of black-on-black crime was firmly etched in the bedrock of Jamaica’s social structure.
Well since I go to school in j/a i guess I should give my two cents. J/a I would say is one of the most corrupt places on the entire planet. ALL politicians are considered by the ordinary citizen as being corrupt, some more than others. There is also a huge gap between the rich (uptown) and the poor (downtown). U see the rich people in Kingston everyday driving their Benz and Range Rovers meanwhile u see dirt-poor 7 yr olds on roadside begging for money .
What results is a situation where the poor people feel that they are justified in doing crimes to survive. There is also huge discrimination. According to what community u’re from, forget about applying for a job to certain places they won’t even consider u.
Also Jamaicans are extremely violent. If u get into an accident in certain communities it is quite possible a mob will beat u to death. Don’t get caught stealing, they will chop u to pieces, the police will come pick up the pieces and there won’t even be the pretense of an investigation.
Police execute people all the time in j/a. That’s general knowledge and people even accept it. But then there are the cases of mistaken identity where they execute the wrong person!
This is turning into an essay lol so let me cut it short. J/a is a nice place to the people saying they nvr want to go j/a. Just hope u don’t end up the wrong place wrong time.
I live in Jamaica and while the point of deportees is a contributing factor, it is not the roots of the high crime rate here. As a matter of fact, deportees contribute to no more than 1% of the over all crime rate.
While it is true that Jamaica has been a violent country since slavery (Jamaica has the highest rate of slave rebellions than any other English speaking country), the real roots of the crime problems began in the 1970s when the government of the day began taking a socialist stand. Alarmed that the country might go the way of Cuba, the CIA began covertly pumping guns into the country. The opposing political party use the weapons and organize it supporters into enclaves as it sought to undermine the so-called socialist party that was in power.
As the situation worsened the so-called ‘socialist party’ also organized its supporters into enclaves defended by its heavily armed supporters. This gave birth to what we now know in Jamaica as “garrison communities.” These communities were kept well armed under the leadership of a ‘don’ who had direct connection to either political party.
Although the political influence over these communities has somewhat waned in recent years they still remain a major factor in the high crime rate
Over 80% of the crimes committed in Jamaica has their roots in these garrison communities, either directly or indirectly. That is why various observers has named them ‘crime factories’ and has been calling on the political parties to have them dismantled. The calls are falling on deaf ears as these communities are so entrenched and they are still being used by the political parties (though not openly) to gain influence. It is no secret that the present Prime Minister of Jamaica is the Parliamentary Representative of what has been termed “the mother of all garrisons” Tivoli Gardens.
Furthermore corruption in Jamaica and the island’s porous borders and coastline has made it a major transit point for drug and illegal weapons. And everybody knows what happen when you mix drugs and guns together.
u all blaming society and the states deporting people back to the caribbean but u all not blaming the musicians and artists that write music abut shooting people and gun and bad man and so on and our youth follow there IDOLS stupidly like a bunch of sheep u have to takle that from the base stop the artist glorifying crime and then youlr start to see a drop in crime
To New Yorker:
Is praying an answer to anything ? What is praying going to do?
You cannot think of any solution to the problem so you pray. That is the bad attitude that the Jamaicans have been using for decades – praying. There is a church on every corner in Jamaica, look where they are today. I think we ought to get up from sitting on our behinds and not expect God to solve things. But then people who leave everything to God do not want to be practical. This problem in Jamaica for example concerns us in Dominica. We have to prevent the spread of this disease.
Dominica needs a tough immigration policy with good record keeping.
We must stop to the alternative economy. The alternative economy thrives on crime. This economy is where all criminals buy and sell their stuff. If it doesn’t exist crime can’t thrive. Everybody who buys things from others on a ‘no questions asked’ basis could be feeding crime.
We need a security organization to gather factual information about threats and potential threats. The ordinary police is depended upon to do too much. We are asking the police to be too many things at the same time. We need smart organizations with skilled people who will gather good quality information for the government. The way things are now is that the police are responding to criminal acts after they have happened. that is not good enough. All of the OECS should be so organized. The people who smuggle guns and drugs across borders are determined, organized and resourceful. At present our security is a walk in the park for them. We should aim to change that situation.
We need some kind of national program that would prevent young people from dropping out of the system. If some young people are not in education or employment they are going to be hanging around aimlessly and that is where the danger is.
The laws should be much tougher. The whole legal system should be designed to make offending a life ending path for criminals. In Dominica we should make a life of crime an obvious end for people who choose that path. When foreign people smuggle undesirable contraband into Dominica and are caught it should be the end of the road for them. They should not be released at any time.
The police and others in the security services should be paid a reasonable salary. This will reduce the incentive offered by hardened crooks and go some way to removing corruption.
All our children, when very young, should be taught respect for the law and police at school.
We should all help and support the police in every way we can . They are our police. They are there to protect our society. They help to make our society a pleasant place for us to live in.
Granbayrian, what you are saying is very true, the caribbean region is not prepared for the level that these dagerous criminals that America is deporting to the islands, its happening now more and more and not only in jamaica but in trinidad as well, they have the contacts for guns and drugs and they coming down and continue right of there, yes they are monitored but it is still happening, they form new gangs where ever they go, like the old saying “one bad apple spoil the hole bunch”. We have to pray.
I myself there are 3 places i would not like to go in the caribbean and they re Jamaica,Guyana and Trinidad.
Equality,
I know what I am talking about. I have friends in the Jamaican Police force who speak openly of the issues, so when you are preaching from your high donkey, don’t forget it might take you under the braches of a lime tree. Tell me about the scares later.
That is what happens when you deal too much with ganga, crack, heroine, etc… It leads to death..
Grand Bayrian,
I disagree with you! Thou it may be attributed in part, historically, Jamaica has had an alarming crime rate from timely memorial. There is no empirical evidence to substantiate your claims and as matter of fact, deportees are registered and in JA are monitored to some extent so please stop saying things you know nothing of !
Since the crime rate is rising rapidly each year.. I don’t want to pass there . The photo speaks for it self.
Serious guns.
There is a lesson to be learned here by the leaders of rest Caribbean region, especially in Dominica. The high rate of Crime in Jamaica, is also atributed to deporties from England, USA, Canada, and other countries. These hard core criminals are deported to the Caribbean, and they are very well aware that the Governments in the Caribbean do not have the resources to keep tabs on them. Therefore they start over where they left of. and cause distroy our way of life in the caribbean