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CHAPTER 4
THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH, AND BY WHOM, SEVERAL
POLICE STATIONS OR OTHER STATE PROPERTY (INCLUDING POLICE
OR MILITARY VEHICLES) WERE ATTACKED AND DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED BY FIREBOMBS, GUNFIRE OR OTHER MEANS DURING OR
AROUND THE PERIOD OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN
MAY 2010
ToR (C)
AND
WHETHER, AND IF SO, UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES, STATE
OFFICIALS AND LAW EXFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAME UNDER GUNFIRE
ATTACKS DURING MAY 2010 IN INCIDENTS CONNECTED TO THE
ATTEMPTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF JAMAICA TO ARREST
CHRISTOPHER “DUDUS” COKE
ToR (B)
INTRODUCTION
4.1.
These Terms of Reference are inter-related. Accordingly, we think it
convenient and appropriate to discuss them together in this Chapter under two
Parts.
4.2.
Part A reviews the evidence and makes findings in respect of Term
of Reference (C). There, we pay particular attention to events in West Kingston
leading up to the internal security operation of 24 May. Part B then deals with
the events of 24 May. We quote liberally from the evidence of JDF and JCF
officers in an attempt to illustrate the nature and extent of the attacks against
the security forces in the words of members of the security forces.