BY SADE GARDNER Observer writer gardners@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, January 29, 2018
CONCERNS and solutions for Jamaica's growing crime wave were expressed at a forum with singer Tarrus Riley at The University of the West Indies Mona campus in St Andrew, last Friday.
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Dubbed 'A Conversation on Graveyard with Tarrus Riley: The Rise and Fall of Rude Boys', the event unfolded at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre with Dr Sonjah Stanley Niaah, director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies, as moderator.
The visuals for Graveyard, a song released by Riley in October, set the tone for the forum. Directed by Nile Saulter, the video follows a young man involved in his family's fishing business but who is also a criminal. Even though he is warned by a relative to forsake his gun and change his life, he commits murder.
The cycle of poverty, scarce job opportunities, and limited education played out among the themes highlighted at the event.
The greatest concern raised for attendees, however, was the role of entertainers in reducing crime.
Jamaica's murder toll surpassed 1600 in 2017. Since the start of the year, more than 100 people have been reported murdered by the police. more
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