As the authorities try to find a solution to the crime wave, latest statistics show that almost 900 people have been murdered in Jamaica since the start of the year.
Over the past several months the Police High Command has been grappling with a flare-up of gang violence in St. James, St. Catherine, Clarendon and the Corporate Area.
Scores of persons have been killed over the period, including women and children.
Crime data obtained by RJR News shows that between January 1 and the end of last month 872 persons were murdered across the island.
This is 157 more or a 22 per cent increase over last year’s figure for the corresponding period.
There were 140 murders in July.
This followed the month of June which recorded 157 murders and May which registered 138.
The data showed that the last three months have been the bloodiest with nearly half of the murders occurring during the period.
St James had the most murders – 176 murders recorded at the end of July.
Another troubled parish is Westmoreland which has recorded 82 murders, followed by Clarendon with 80, St. Catherine North 75; St. Catherine South 72 and St. Andrew South 72.
Hanover has registered 40 murders and East Kingston, which is now the scene of a bloody gang violence, 28 murders at the end of last month.
Another trouble spot, West Kingston, has recorded 60 murders since January.
A sad reality.
Lord of mercy!!And the lets not forget the the missing persons whos body’s are not counted. This murder spree is beyond Devine intervention.
And everyday Holness seh dem find new way fi fight crime and murder rate keep going up. Ppl need fi start demonstrate
A combination of things ignorance,arrogance,illiteracy,hopelessness,corruption etc…
ig·no·rance
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lack of knowledge or information.
ar·ro·gance
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the quality of being arrogant.
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the inability to read or write.
“the ineffective educational system meant that illiteracy was widespread”
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lack of knowledge in a particular subject; ignorance.
“his economic illiteracy”
hope·less·ness
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noun
a feeling or state of despair; lack of hope.
“his face bears the expression of utter hopelessness”
cor·rup·tion
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1.
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
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Dats why mi continue to say fck di highway, dis highway building has been the greatest distraction in our country from PJ come right dung, every attention put pon dis road when everything else left to fall apart. 900 ppl dead, 1000 ppl dead, 2000 ppl dead and still no anger, no resoluteness from nobody a parliament in JA. Everything a gwan as usual like its completely normal. Not to mention the amount of ppl in the country who are stressed out because of the crime situation, we all know the effect stress has on mental and physical health. Unno stay distracted and nuh care, from di early 2000s this shit been going on, almost 20 yrs and instead of it getting better it getting worse. When shaneka Shakes and Shaunakay Ledgister were killed, this was the murders that should have told everyone we had crossed a threshold and to fix this now, but no, everyone went on with ther business as usual, now di sore done fester, now every family getting touched, and it finally hitting those who least expected it. Unno gwan keep unno prayer breakfast and lunch, crime suh bad not even unno precious crusades unno can keep no more. Some ppl not even a keep dead yard no more. Lets see how we fare in 2018 and 2019, cause 2017 is already a loss.