Prime Minister Andrew Holness addressed the police shooting of Latoya Bulgin in St. James, emphasizing that the Jamaica Constabulary Force's core principle is preserving, protecting, and serving life, not taking it. He announced the establishment of independent investigation mechanisms (INDECOM) to hold police officers accountable for unlawful killings, and called for a national public education campaign to improve police-citizen interactions over 2-3 years. However, public sentiment expressed strong criticism, with many citizens demanding that both Prime Minister Holness and Police Commissioner Horace Chang resign, citing repeated police shootings of innocent people and the need for leadership that protects rather than endangers citizens.
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WHAT! Bounty Post "Andrew Should Step Down" Wasp Cal Out Bounty,Beenie Man,Shabba And More! BujuAdded:
Viewers and subscribers, tell us what going on in the comments. Did you know that Vybz Kartel had a surgery recently, viewers, in which Bounty Killer and couple other artists shared this about him? Speedy recovery, you know, viewers.
We have to go talk about that. You know, yo.
Fambo once again takes shots at You don't know Beenie Man, but this time he did not use his own son. He used what Mr. Lexx said in his previous video, you know, viewers. You would never believe it. Speaking of Bounty Killer, viewers, Bounty Killer also shared this clip of what saying some things about him.
Beenie Man. Yo, a whole heap of artists in the man called viewers and after you go pree what the man have to say right now. Speaking about the Rasta them, you know, viewers, you know say I take some shots at the Rasta them stating say the Rasta them are secretly a support the funny behavior, viewers. Is that true?
We have to go talk about that. Vybz Kartel, viewers, is the talk of the town because recently this is what TJ had to say and plus he announced his his brand new daughter, you know, viewers. Could you believe it? Quada is also back on the streets. Yeah, man. Recently the man has been released. So, the man share a couple clips in which we have to go talk about it, you know, viewers. So, don't move as yet. Today Saturday. Speaking about Saturday, you know, viewers, remember say recently there was a woman that got a life by police and the owner is finally took the time out to address that situation. But based on what he is saying, people are saying say he should step down. Viewers, don't move as yet.
Let we talk about that in the morning.
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REAL NINO Real Nino or whatever the [ __ ] you want to name me. I beg you to leave me alone, please. THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM WE, FROM US. Leave me, PLEASE. DO YOU EVER GET LEFT WITH Viewers and subscribers, how many kids does Vybz Kartel really and truly have, viewers? Tell me in the comments right now because is the first time I'm seeing this female so far so far. Right now me see Vybz Kartel with two sons. No, three sons.
Sorry about that. Three sons and two daughters. And this daughter go by the name of Armani, viewers. We never know say Vybz Kartel had a next daughter out there, you know. I don't you don't know say the family member them did know, but viewers it was not written in the media.
Viewers and subscribers, tell us how you feel about this Vybz Kartel second daughter, Armani, right now. The man just a meter in over what? Apparently, a two or maybe three decades. Damn. And about Vybz Kartel, viewers and subscribers, recently TJ was in an interview and he had this to say about Vybz Kartel. And viewers, based on what he said, I totally agree. You know, viewers, you know know believe me? Check out what TJ had to say until you see your honest opinion. If you no feel a lie the man a tell you right now. Ever since Kartel has been free, viewers, Jah know star.
>> Kartel kind of bring back dancehall, you know, no matter really business what people want to say. It's true. Like it's just we now for come finish the work again, like him do it and left it give it. And now him come back and say, "Yo, I go on." Mhm. See it again. Yeah. Me feel so honestly.
>> Yeah. You get what me a say? It was only Shaan and Shaggy them Yeah.
>> doing the arenas shows and thing. No, even me, like me not even want to take a show America again. Yeah. Like me a work so hard right now for me know say, "Yo, want to sell out Barclays or Madison Square." Yeah. Or U B A Sandys things.
So, work really I put in right now for dancehall. Yeah. Honestly. Yeah, and Kartel, you know what? Slowly he's coming open the door again.
It's like I went Kartel OG.
And me, I'm not even a dancehall man.
>> [laughter] >> I I do agree with TJ, you know, viewers, because be honest with me, you know, viewers, ever since Vybz Kartel was released, where has Afrobeat gone, viewers? You know say me not able Afrobeat like one time. Remember say when Vybz Kartel was being barred in a viewers because like say Afrobeat, everybody up in there no want to hear no but Afrobeat, you know. Where is it now?
Tell us in the comments.
We jump over the Bounty Killer side of things now, viewers and subscribers, which recently Bounty Killer share this post on Instagram. And me wonder what really a go on. Viewers, only if you check it out that Hurrican did a surgery recently, you know, viewers. And I want to say speedy recovery. Tell us in the comments, viewers. Yeah, man, wish him speedy recovery right now because remember say Hurrican a one of them out there, you know, viewers, in dancehall which you can't let him out. Viewers and subscribers, pree what he shared on him Instagram recently about the surgery and tell us how him all feel about this and wish him wish him, viewers, yes, a speedy recovery right now because it's never a good sign to find out one of Jamaica's great.
You don't know the thing go in hospital like this. Viewers and subscribers, pre-this.
>> [singing] >> Particular also share this clip of Was.
Yo, viewers, you know say Was a one bad artist now, viewers. Me I wonder how Was no make it further, you know, him carry him out and which part in the I know.
John Was Star, viewers, pre-what Was had to say to Bounty Killer about Sorry About That About Bounty Killer and couple other artists like Sha- Yo, viewers, you want to name of the man call. And Bounty Killer this year this clip on him Instagram, viewers, and more of him say Was, big up yourself one more time because he's a very lyrical artist.
Me I wonder how.
You don't know?
>> [snorts] >> Um, Beenie Man is my idol.
And we never we never yet we never yet um, hide that yet. We always mention that. But that was the time we bust. You know what you make me open my eyes to something cuz you probably never noticed this is probably flew over your head.
When we bust the man come at me, you know, and shoot at me, you know, For real? and not only did he shoot at me, him did him a DJ like me and I shoot at me and me go Me I sing the song and show you.
Who do you hear say? But you don't think it was a like a a competition thing, like a friendly competition thing?
>> It can't be in a competition. I'm a big artist to me. The man is a big artist to me from long time. Big artist. So I can't take nothing from him. Big up.
He's not competition. Right. Me and Lexxus we just bust.
Well, didn't Wayne say something similar happened to him where he kind of used the style to kind of go at him, kind of like Yo, you know what?
Yo, that's messed up. You know what I'm saying? Hypocrisy in the industry is wicked, dog. Like all the man them rub me wrong and try to rub me out. We shouldn't even exist right now. I just told actually good feature. Right.
>> I actually bought feature. Right. Else you know, I'd be lost. You know, in in in by the side way. If if if you never did actually talented for real. Right.
You know what I'm saying? And um But I'm still showing them that I love them.
Still you know what I'm saying? I just like I had a certain man put in a box one side and I don't know what I'm dealing with the man again. You know what I'm saying? I need to You know, I don't need to deal with them anymore cuz So you never responded to to to Binnie Man in a No, I'm good. You know what I'm saying? I'm good. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Like like what I'm saying. I've not taken no shot at Binnie Man personally viewers, but from his arrest I feel like he in a good thing you know viewers. So for I made this statement recently in which he stated that Rasta them secretly supporting fish community. Is that true viewers? Tell us in the comments right now you know because Yo, the man talked some things. Check this out.
So the rest of them in a reggae music and a dancehall and a bun battibun and a bun saddamite and a bun injustice and a come on come talk to your people them.
We don't know about the locks.
And I wear a turban. I'm just not I'm not doing nothing. I'm just silent by everything I and I do commercial music.
Let me ask you a question. How long you feel like you're going to last for? We are going to take you down you know.
We are going to take you down man. Big up the real Rasta them. We are bonafide like Anthony B. We still a bonafide.
Turbulence still a bonafide. Sister Colancha them we still a bonafide. I have a new artist you know me I am from what they name Tejohn you know. But I like him a bonafide but the rest of them me observe the man. The whole of them man. No fashion Rasta. Pretty Rasta.
Me me I come beat you the man. Me I go observe you the man.
You know you can't talk about nothing.
See the girl down a country they dead.
With the police them brutalize. You know me I silent. Me I observe you know.
You know I [ __ ] up Rasta thing you know.
You know I come down you know. You know I come down man.
Did you know that Quada is back again and road? Yeah man, recently he was released from custody you know viewers and subscribers and to all the man feel right now. He shared a small clip of him viewers and subscribers and this is the clip that you're looking at right now.
Tell us how you feel about Quada being back on the road again viewers and I want to say congratulations you know Quada. Bless up yourself.
2025 [music] get channel life viewers and subscribers let me talk about this piece of disagreement that are going in Jamaica right now. Remember I said there is an incident in which involved a woman that goes by the name of Bougie you know viewers in which she was unalived by police in broad daylight in front of couple other people [screaming] well enough viewers.
But viewers behind the scenes you know Andrew Holness take out his time and which he had to address this but based on what he is saying viewers me I wonder to myself is this man righted?
How this man managed you know what I was going to say how this man managed to win the election you know viewers because you don't know the thing going you know and the amount of things we need to say we don't know when the promise and them thing there make the govern you know what you know what I almost said the government make the people them vote him in you know viewers but based on what he is saying right now it left me confused.
The man use some big words just because him know say Jamaicans not yo yo viewers and subscribers check out what Andrew Holness had to say about Bougie and tell us in your honest opinion how you know feel about this. When I accepted the invitation to speak at this event I did not know that there would be an incident in St. James that would shine a particular light on the JCF.
And since then I have received letters emails messages from average citizens ordinary Jamaicans asking me to comment on the matter.
It is indeed a matter of great public concern.
I have been deliberately silent on the matter up until this point.
Because as Prime Minister I I cannot and should not make statements that are not properly thought out.
And in the immediacy of an event uh sometimes we can make statements that more complicates than advance understanding.
And so this turned out to be an opportune occasion on which I could make a few comments on the matter.
Clearly I cannot address the facts and details of the matter. And I don't think the public expects me to do that.
But I think the public needs some reassurance of who we are, what we believe, and what it is that we want to achieve.
At the core of this is humanity and dignity.
That's what it comes down to.
Humanity, dignity, and respect.
Less than a week ago Latoya Bulgin from St. James lost her life in a police-involved shooting.
I extend my sincere condolences to her family, her friends, her community, and all who are grieving.
I know that the incident has caused pain, anger, and deep concern across Jamaica, and not just in Jamaica.
Uh I believe that we should all recognize that we live in a global village, and anything that is happening in Jamaica, yes, it has parallels elsewhere. We see the situation in Minnesota a few months ago.
But what is happening here is exported in milliseconds in other jurisdiction.
And so I've been receiving calls from Jamaicans overseas concerned, and from friends who are not Jamaican, but who would have seen the incident circulated, and they are also concerned.
So, first, I'm happy that the matter has been swiftly addressed by the police high command, that the officer involved has been interdicted, and there is a process of investigation that is ongoing.
One of the things that Jamaica can be proud of is the establishment of a mechanism to independently investigate officers of the state when in the course of their duty a life is taken.
That was a fundamental and profound change in how Jamaica policed itself.
And as officers coming up in the police force, I'm hopeful that it is the general understanding that the entire objective of the state is to preserve life.
I want that to be the default position.
We do not pay taxes to fund the police force for the police force to be the instrument that takes life.
Or for any arm of the state for that matter.
The objective is for the police force to preserve and protect life.
When you go out on your duties and your operations, the default position must be we are going to protect and serve and preserve.
There is some There are some who go out with the default position that they intend to take life.
But you as leaders, you must quickly identify those and correct.
Correct that false notion that they have.
Indeed, that is your core duty as leaders.
And therefore, having INDECOM established sent a clear signal that the state of Jamaica and the agents of the state of Jamaica will be held to account for the unlawful taking of life.
And any police-involved shooting or killing will be independently investigated to give assurance to the public that the state is not a purveyor of violence.
And indeed, not a purveyor of the ultimate violence, which is that of taking a life.
So, as I stand here today, and you are in my hearing, and the discussion is about transformation, that is what it comes down to.
What kind of organization is the JCF?
And what is the core principle of the members of the JCF?
And what is the abiding principle of its leadership?
So, today, I challenge you as you rise through the ranks to ensure that that core principle is always maintained, always advanced, always preserved, always respected.
The JCF is about preserving, protecting, and serving life.
I've seen it so often as it is shared on social media, it makes the country look bad.
Damaging to our image.
It is now time that the JCF develops and deploys, along with other stakeholders, a national public education campaign to I don't want to use the word teach, but that's what it comes down to.
To educate our citizens about how they should interact with the police, and to educate the police as to how they should interact with the citizens.
And this will have to be over a 2 or 3-year period of constant reminders until it becomes muscle memory.
Because I've seen, as I'm sure all of you would have seen, videos of policemen trying to interdict a taxi man, for example. Forgive me, I'm not picking on any one group.
But that is one of the highest levels of complaints that you you get in terms of police and civilian interaction. Or a vendor in a marketplace.
Or a traffic stop.
And what should be a simple matter escalates into a confrontation.
I have had so many letters written to me, and I've spoken on this before, uh one in particular of a young lady who had an interaction with the police.
Where she didn't see that the police was stopping her.
The police pursued her. She panicked.
She eventually stopped. And this is a young lady driving at night. She's alone. And the officers came out.
And you can just imagine the colorful fabrics that were described to her.
I have had letters written to me about two young men driving home.
One night they were stopped by a patrol.
They wound down their windows to see M-16 rifles in their forehead.
They're not criminals. They're not being threatened that they could be shot right now and nothing would come out of it.
And these are things that our citizens experience on a daily basis.
I'm sure all of you here who are about to be promoted, these are not things that you tolerate.
But you will be leading the men and women who sometimes do these things.
You must identify them in your stations.
Send them on additional training.
Interdict them or seek their separation.
Because where we are now with the development of the country, that kind of behavior cannot continue.
Viewers and subscribers, you know seeing going on with the bug of big words them.
We never forget enough years. We don't know how some things just stuck in my mind more a but we remember, you know, I was listening to this What is it I call?
I think it was the twins of twins, you know, viewers. Yes, and they were saying say I saw when the government don't want to understand what they mean, viewers.
Them use the bag of big words them and you know, so much big words and you understand I use in all of this.
Just because Jamaican people, some of them, you know, not so educated, viewers.
But, you know, this is not Jamaicans, you know, viewers. You know you want to say You don't feel like say if you step down, viewers?
You don't feel like say Oh, John must die. We can't believe this. Viewers and subscribers, listen to some of the concern that peoples are saying right now. They are saying that Andrew Holness should step down. You don't believe the same? Check this out.
Andrew Holness, you need for step down now.
Immediate effect, you need for resign.
1 million likes on a video. If you don't feel like Andrew Holness for resign.
No joke.
Every time we turn on the news, a police are on a live people.
We don't see no gunman on a live nobody anymore.
Every time, a police are on a live people, bro.
I want to sit uncomfortable and not allow this for happen. Andrew Holness you need for resign.
Jamaican people, you don't need for protest for Andrew for resign.
I don't know what you are waiting on, you know.
It's like you are waiting on the police them coming to phone you and come hurt you too.
This is a embarrassment. No tourist not to go to Jamaica.
No tourist not to go to Jamaica.
No Jamaicans who live overseas not to go back down there until Andrew resign.
And it's just the truth.
Horace Chang, you need for resign as well.
Immediately.
No tourists.
No Jamaican who live overseas not to visit back Jamaica.
Jamaica is a no fly zone because it's not safe.
The police them in Jamaica are on a live innocent people.
Them on a live a young baby the other day.
Them on a live a young youth on Mother's Day. And now them on a live a female in her car in front of hundreds of people because they were protesting.
Even the lady who is standing up next to the car could have gotten shot because of the police them careless behavior.
And don't care for life.
Horace Chang you need for resign.
We need for protest for these junkers and criminals leave out of the house of parliament.
They don't love us as Jamaican people.
These are not leaders.
Leaders are meant to lead and protect the nation and uplift the nation.
But them them having a poverty and a kill we all. Where is the prosperity where you promised Andrew?
Where is the prosperity?
Mhm? For murder of woman and children them?
For murder of woman and children them Andrew?
We don't need for resign now.
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