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Sizzla gets 24 hours to leave August Town

News / Jamaica
Date: Sep 03, 2004 - 12:09 AM
Protesting August Town residents yesterday gave dancehall artiste 'Sizzla'
24 hours to leave the community, and at the same time asked the police to
release people who were being held since Tuesday without bail.

The residents claim that men who usually gather at 'Judgement Yard',
premises on August Town Road owned by the dancehall artiste, have been
responsible for an upsurge of gun violence in the Kingston community, which
has so far left three people dead.

"We don't need Sizzla here since he can't conform to the rules and
regulations of the community, so we are giving him 24 hours to leave. Sizzla
need to sort himself out so he must decide whether he is an artiste or a
badman, he can't be both. He must leave in 24 hours," said a 22 year-old
woman who led yesterday's demonstration.

"Sizzla and the Rizzla has 24 hours to leave", "Sizzla must go", "No dry
cry - Sizzla must go now", "All men in lockup must free", and "Go get the
guns not the men", read some of the placards that were carried by the more
than 70 demonstrators yesterday.

Sizzla, whose real name is Miguel Collins, could not be reached for comment
yesterday.

Meanwhile, the police said yesterday that 36 of the 53 men who were held in
an August Town raid on Tuesday were released Wednesday, three were charged
with murder, while the others were being processed.

Those facing murder charges are: Morrin Summers, 28; and Michael Goulbourne,
26, both of 10 August Town Road and Peter Slaughter, 32, of 29 August Town
Road.

Yesterday, August Town Peace Initiative co-ordinator Kenneth Wilson
supported the call for Sizzla to leave the community in 24 hours.

"We had a community meeting last night (Wednesday) and a decision was taken
by the people that the perpetrators of the recent violence must get out of
the community and Sizzla who has a studio at Judgement Yard must go,"
Wilson, who accompanied the protesters, said.

The demonstration, he said, was to send a message to perpetrators of
violence that residents would not tolerate the disintegration of the
community. "We want peace that is what we are defending," he added.

Wilson, who also supported the call for the remaining men in police custody,
said they are innocent and never known to be wanted by the police.

"These men are in police custody over 48 hours without charge. That is
unlawful, so we want the police to release them now," said Wilson.

Three people - Betty Atherson, 36; O'Brian Williams of Bedward Pasture; and
an unidentified man have been shot dead and seven others injured since the
upsurge of violence in August Town about two weeks ago.

One of the injured - Rohan Smith, 30, of 6 Manley Avenue - was shot and
wounded yesterday by a group of gunmen while he was riding his bicycle along
Bryce Hill Road. He was admitted to hospital in critical condition.

Police said they found six 9mm spent shells at the scene of yesterday's
shooting.
Jamaica Observer