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and the Presidential Click. In May 2010, Mr. Hinds was the Assistant
Commissioner of Police in charge of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), and
his evidence was that Coke and the Presidential Click were under investigation
and surveillance.
2.8.
Coke was the leader of the Presidential Click and had a base in
Tivoli Gardens. Police Intelligence held that Coke had 2 residences within Tivoli
Gardens in addition to a more lavish and expansive residence in Red Hills,
St. Andrew. His family had played leadership roles within the Shower Posse. His
father, Lester Coke, (a.k.a. “Jim Brown”), led a gang in Tivoli Gardens before his
death in prison in Jamaica while awaiting extradition to the U.S.A. One of
Coke’s brothers, “Jah T”, was killed during a gang feud on Maxfield Avenue. The
Presidential Click, therefore, was “a family business with a hereditary leadership”.
Coke took the sobriquet “President” and his girlfriend was popularly known as
“The First Lady”.
2.9.
According to DCP Glenmore Hinds, Coke was regarded as the pre-
eminent ‘Don’ or ‘Area Leader’ in Jamaica. He was the leader of gangs affiliated
to the Shower Posse, including gangs in Fletcher’s Land, Southside and affiliates
in Tampa, Miami, Ohio and the United Kingdom. Coke surrounded himself with
other citizens and criminals loyal to himself. His base was in Tivoli Gardens and
he was a significant benefactor to the community. His criminal enterprise was
financed through activities such as drugs trafficking, arms trafficking, robbery,
extortion and kidnapping. The reach of the Shower Posse extended to
St. Catherine, Clarendon and other parishes.
2.10.
Retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Delroy Hewitt, was the
senior police officer responsible for West Kingston (2004-2009). He had first-
hand knowledge of the gang subculture in West Kingston where gangs operated
in Arnett Gardens, Rose Town, Matthews Lane, Hannah Town and Craig Town.
SSP Hewitt said –