BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, March 10, 2014
MORE than 1,000 residents from communities in and around West Kingston yesterday took to the streets with placards as they called for peace in the violence-torn section of the Jamaican capital.
"We are tired of the crime; enough is enough," said Kageeh Thomas, who noted that it had been almost three years since he was able to walk through some sections of the area because of violence.
The 20-year-old man was among the large group of men, women and children who, during the march, said that their lives had been placed on hold because of gang violence and that they were desperate for a change.
The peace march, which started at the intersection of Slipe Pen Road and Hannah Street, Denham Town, and ended at the neighbouring Tivoli Gardens Police Post, saw Security Minister Peter Bunting, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, led by Commissioner Owen Ellington, and officials from churches from several communities in West Kingston walking the streets to show their support.
"The children of this [and other] communities deserve peace; they deserve to grow up without being molested, they deserve to grow up the normal way children all across the world are allowed to grow up," said Minister Bunting as he addressed a large crowd of men, women and children gathered at the intersection of Regent Street and North Street — one of several stops made through the more than three-hour-long march.
He was supported by Ellington, who challenged residents to join the police in the fight against crime. more
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