THE GLEANER MINUTE: JFJ protest police killings, counter-protest supports JCF | TikTok Live killing
Apr 29th, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:02#JamaicaGleaner APRIL 29, 2025: A small group of black-clad protesters led by Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), gathered outside the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew on Tuesday for a demonstration against police killings… A counter-protest emerged with other persons wearing blue in solidarity with the police… The St Andrew North Police are probing the murder of 25-year-old Jabari ‘Babaskenng’ Johnson, who was killed during a live stream on TikTok on Monday in Red Hills… The Hunts Bay Police in St Andrew have launched a search for a 29-year-old prisoner Garfield ‘Camfa Ball” Dias who fled custody today while being treated at a hospital in the Corporate Area… Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade Stewart Beckford says poor access to fire
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