Akieem Stewart,22, is one of 95 people killed by Jamaican police this year. Now independent investigators are seeking to bring the alleged killers to justiceAkieem Stewart was sitting under a mango tree in the backyard of a neighbour’s house writing a text message on his mobile phone when he came face to face with a member of the Jamaica constabulary force. Within seconds he was dead.
Stewart was 22, or had been about to choose up a post as a hotel manager – his first job since finishing college. That Sunday in March,his mother Latoya Brown was at work at the ministry of health in the city. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com