This is from the April 13, 2005, Jamaica Observer online. I notice that the reporter is listed semi-anonymously as "Observer Reporter". But if these guys are scared, who can blame them? There has been just a whole lot of violence down there lately, from what I've read.
(Of course, mass media always provides a balanced and accurate overall view of things, doesn't it?)
RESIDENTS of the tough Spanish Town community of Tawes Pen yesterday locked down sections of the old capital to protest against the detention of their area 'don', Andrew Hope, better known as "Bun man", the reputed leader of the One Order Gang, one of the two gangs said to be at the centre of the deadly intermittent violence plaguing that town...
Residents of Tawes Pen, home to some members of the One Order gang, claimed that they were justified in blocking the roads as the police wrongfully detained their "father" and abused them in the process.
"Him (Bun Man) a di father fi di whole a wi, a him sen wi pickney dem go a school so wi caan do without him roun' ya," shouted one female resident.
"Anyhow dem (police) try tek him weh again wi ago lock down di whole place or jus' mash it dung," another woman blurted.
Some of the residents claimed that they were boxed, kicked and verbally abused by members of the security forces.
But Inspector Robinson denied the claims. "Anytime you have situations of this nature there are always claims of abuse," he told the Observer. "I have been here all morning and I have not
witnessed any such incident."
The One Order gang, which is aligned to the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party, has been involved in bloody conflicts with members of the Klansman gang, which backs the ruling People's National Party...
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