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Tivoli Gardens Resident Testifies He Witnessed And Suffered Police Brutality During Police Raids

57039tivoli — Maurice Tomlinson claims he witnessed and endured brutality at the hands of soldiers on May 24, 2010 during the Tivoli Gardens raids.

A Tivoli Gardens resident has testified that he witnessed a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) collar another man and used him to smash several glass windows on a house during the 2010 police-military operations in the west Kingston community.

This was among several acts of brutally Maurice Tomlinson claims he witnessed and endured at the hands of soldiers on May 24, 2010 as he gave evidence before the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

Tomlinson, the seventh witness to take the stand, was also the first to report seeing what he described as “a rocket-propelled” bomb land in Tivoli Gardens.

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However, Linton Gordon, one of the attorneys for the JDF, interrupted Tomlinson’s testimony to indicate that some of the allegations “are taking us by surprise.”

As a result, Gordon questioned if the witness’ account was contained in a statement he had not received.
However, senior counsel for the Commission, Garth McBean, said that was not the case.

Tomlinson testified that after he saw the bomb, he became terrified and took his wife and three children to his mother’s house nearby.

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10 Of The Most Notorious Drug Lords Ever

The drug game is and always was a billion dollar industry. Here’s a list compiled by The Telegraph of some of the world’s most notorious kingpins to ever “move dat dope”.

Frank Lucas AKA: “Superfly”

Country of operation: USA

Downfall: His house was raided in 1975 where more than half a million dollars-worth of cash was found at the scene. Lucas was arrested and later sentenced to 70 years in prison for over 100 drug-related convictions.

The heroin dealer and organised crime boss operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Renowned for buying his supplies direct from sources in the Golden Triangle Lucas stored the goods in coffins of dead American servicemen. His career was famously dramatised in the 2007 film, American Gangster. He was portrayed by Denzel Washington.

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Courts Rule Brother of ‘Dudus’ Coke, ‘Livity’ Will Get Nothing For His Prison Injuries

LivityCokePrison — Music Producer of Liv Up Records, Leighton ‘Livity’ Coke, the brother of former Tivoli Gardens gangster Christopher “Dudus” Coke says he was beaten by prison officials during his incarceration in Jamaican prison.

The Full Court this morning shot down the lawsuit brought by Leighton ‘Livity’ Coke, the brother of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, against the State over his alleged assault by soldiers at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre and the use of soldiers at the facility.