Former Police Commissioner Testifies That The Shower Posse’s Code Of Silence Made It Impossible For Authorites To Investigate West Kingston Crimes

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The former Commissioner of Police testified that the crime that took place in other communities across Jamaica also occurred in the Tivoli Gardens community.

Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington yesterday gave the Tivoli Gardens Commission of Enquiry further insight into the power of the Presidential Click led by Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Ellington — who was responding to questions from attorney Alexander Williams, who is representing several Tivoli Gardens residents — said that the police never gave up on reaching out to the residents of the West Kingston community.

He said that an attempt was made to start a youth club there in the early 2000s, but the plan was resisted by the Presidential Click.

Ellington said that the club was eventually formed, but with the compromise that it be named after the criminal gang.

He said that after the 2010 operation to apprehend Coke, who was wanted in the United States on drugs and gunrunning charges, the club was relaunched and renamed the Tivoli Gardens Police Youth Club.

The former top cop said the police were then able to run the club as they do the other police youth clubs across the island.

During the afternoon session, Ellington — in a testy exchange with Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) boss Terrence Williams — said that he wasn’t pleased with the compromise that was made.

He said the name Presidential Click was associated with a criminal organization and to brand the group like that would be like supporting the gang.

Earlier, during the morning session, the former top cop testified that the crime that took place in other communities across Jamaica also occurred in Tivoli Gardens.

He said, however, that the police were prevented by criminals from accessing the community to investigate these crimes, which included murders. He added that criminals there enforced a code of silence that made it impossible for crimes committed in the community to be investigated.

Jamaica Observer

5 Most Dangerous Runways In The World

planeI enjoy traveling, but riding in airplanes has never really been my thing. 

Commercial or private –I have rode them all and the shorter the travel time, the better. 

I hate pretty much every second of confinement, especially 30-40 thousand feet deep within the wild blue yonder — in a man-made (and operated) aircraft.

However, whenever I do grace the friendly blue skies, I must say I actually get a full fledged adrenaline rush during takeoff and a full fledged panic attack during the landing phase.

Just FYI: If runways are safe then it obviously becomes easier for the pilot to land the aircraft and the panic stricken passengers such as myself feel safer as well.

 All that being said, check out these airports originally posted on The Tidbit Daily.

According to the article these are the 5 most dangerous landing strips in the world.

The “Ice Runway” joint is nuts!  

Join the discussion.

airport-antarctica-2Ice Runway, Antarctica

Many people love snow but the moment you will get to see this airport as a passenger or a pilot you will think twice about loving snow or ice. The Ice runway is the biggest runway for the Us Antarctic program.  The elevation of the runway is 1 ft above mean sea level which is very low. At the same time the length of the runway is 10,000 ft. It is made completely made of ice. There are no lines drawn on the runway as it is complete white. It is capable of handling the heaviest aircraft of US Air force.

Saba_airportJuancho E. Yrausquin Airport, Saba, Netherlands Antilles

On the Caribbean Island of Saba the Juancho Airport is the only airport. It is considered as the world’s shortest airport with a runway length of 396 meters. An aircraft needs a nice long length runway to land safely but this airport is considered very dangerous due to its short length. Wide body aircraft cannot land on this runway, it is only suitable for medium weight and light weight aircraft. Both ends of the runways are cliffs that drop into the sea. Its elevation is 60ft Above mean sea level.

Kansai-airportKansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan

Another very interesting and dangerous airport is the Kansai international which is located on an artificial Island In Osaka Japan. This Airport has an elevation of 5m and a total length of 3500 m of the first runway and 4000 m of the second runway.  Due to lack of place for an airport an land and the decrease in the imports, the Japanese government made an artificial island on which there is now an airport. It is considered dangerous because if leaves pilot no choice but to make no error. If a pilot fails to stop in time he and his aircraft will end up in waters.

Madeira-Airport-12Madeira International Airport, Madeira, Portugal

Located at an elevation of 190 feet with a length of 9124 feet, this dangerous airport is more like a bridge. It’s construction makes it look like a bridge as for the required elevation from sea level the runway could not be made on the flat ground. Many experienced pilots with high flying hours believe that this Is one of the toughest and trickiest runways to land on.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALukla Airport, Nepal

A small airport in the town of Lukla which is at an elevation of 9,100 ft from mean sea level has a runway length of 460 meters. What makes this runway really dangerous is the short length and the strong gushes of wind that blow from the nearby Himalayas.

Sons Of True Crime Author Accused Of Robbing Her For Over $100K

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Ann Rule is a true crime writer best known for “The Stranger Beside Me,” about serial killer Ted Bundy.

KIRO-TV – Seattle

True crime writer Ann Rule’s sons are charged with theft and forgery. Prosecutors say they stole more than $100,000 of their mother’s money.

According to charging documents, Michael Rule is accused of forging $103,628 of his mother’s checks.

His brother, Andrew Rule, is accused of coercing or harassing his mother into giving him $23,327.

“I have never in my life, as God as my witness, stolen anything whatsoever from my mom,” said Andrew Rule.

Investigators were tipped off about the charges of financial exploitation last month when her son-in-law emailed the King County Prosecutor’s office.

Court documents also show that when some checks were overdrawn, one of Ann Rule’s caregivers helped her download an app at a bank where she has an account. Through the app, the documents say, Rule discovered her checks were being forged.

According to prosecutors, “Andy would pester and bully Ann relentlessly for money, sometimes, threatening suicide, sometimes trying to make her feel guilty, sometimes screaming obscenities at her, until she would finally give in and write him a check.

We asked Andrew Rule, “Did you steal money or harass your mom for money?”

He replied, “Absolutely not. Absolutely not.”

When  asked about the allegations, he said, “Basically I used to have a gambling problem but I don&’t anymore and I have absolutely no idea why I was pulled in at the same time my brother was.”

No one came to the door at Michael Rule’s house when KIRO-TV tried to ask him about the forgery allegations.

Ann Rule is a true crime writer best known for “The Stranger Beside Me,” about serial killer Ted Bundy, and her book about child murderer Diane Downs, “Small Sacrifices.”