Woman shot dead by police in Jamaica at protest over previous police shooting
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Jamaica is functionally a captive state. The police and the legislature are fully captured by foreign corporate interests. The public is held in poverty to extract their labor on the cheap.
Emigration from Jamaica is currently at a critical high, with over half of the population (54%) planning an attempt to leave within the next three years.
The whole Caribbean is under the yoke of repressive governments operating perpetually contracting local economies to support the tourist sector. But as a British Commonwealth (functionally little more than a colony) they don't even enjoy a relationship to a prosperous mainland to backstop their atrocious domestic economic policy.
What an utter tragedy. Full solidarity to Jamaicans trying to make their part of our shared world better.
How dare you criticize police that aren't american
The first A in ACAB my guy.
American yes I know they're so evil but the ones here in the place I am right now are great pillars of the community hardly ever eat more than two orphans a day and maintain my class position so well I'm very happy with 5them
I always picture Jamaica as being more laid back than this.
Most of the people, maybe. But their government and police forces are brutal and oppressive.
Really? I picture it as a lawless hellscape but I guess it depends where you grew up.
A laid back lawless hellscape perhaps?
"Police in helicopter"
Police be like:
Once you pop the fun don't stop!
I haven't heard this joke since Columbine.
You mean to tell me police violence exists in other places besides the US? /s
That first A in ACAB isn’t just for looks.
You're telling me that"A" doesn't stand for "American"?
I seriously thought it meant Jamaica, NY based on the headline.
Waiting for another shooting at the protest for this shooting.
At least now, the issue will get more attention than it would have otherwise. On the bright side, she is now a contestant for most ironic death of the year.
There is no "bright" side to this. No "at least". And this is a story about a real human being, not an entertainment piece to draw irony from.
Police should behave responsibly. The protest shouldn’t have had to happen in the first place. We can all agree on that.
The world is so fucked up that I HAVE to look for the “at least” and “bright” things, otherwise I’ll go insane. Some of us joke about serious things. Some of us rely on other methods. Either way, facing the enormity of the horrors surrounding us without any kind of coping mechanism is just too much.
By all means step away and take good care of yourself when it gets too intense. It's necessary at times. But comments like that just don't belong here. We can't ask victims to help us derail their stories so we can process our difficulties reading them. Let's keep this about them and not make it about ourselves.
Agree 100%
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On a relatively brighter pixel, I agree with you on this at least.
I’m not new to the internet yet even after all these years it feels weird to upload something that should be infuriating
ouch that hurt but is this really world news? is it relevant to an international audience?
Are you suggesting this isnt news because the country is small and not very important on a geopolitical level?
It always frustrates me when my relatives watch TV news that favors substantial coverage of inconsequential local stories in the U.S. over more significant events internationally.
Jamaica isn't the part of the US. What're you talking about?
The comment I replied to was criticizing the parent comment for stating that this event isn't consequential to an international audience.
My reflection was that I wish national news programs included more international content rather than focusing on trivial stories with no broad impact they probably pick up from social media.
Tell us, oh wise one, which human lives are deserving of being posted here and which are not.
How is it not?
Rules only say that news should not be US internal news. Jamaica internal news are fine.