When The United States Comes A Knocking
With the war on terror getting most of the headlines it is easy to forget that the United States is still very much involved in another war. The one on drugs. And American President Barack Obama was not about to let the man described by Jamaica’s former national security minister, Peter Philips, as probably the most powerful man in the country get away.
After intense pressure by the American government Jamaican authorities caved in and in May 2010 they announced they would extradite Coke to the United States. The announcement caused hell to break lose in Tivoli Gardens as members of the Shower Posse attacked police stations and a state of emergency was declared in Kingston.
While Coke was in hiding, hundreds of soldiers were deployed to help the police force raid Tivoli Gardens. They faced heavily armed Shower Posse members who were barricaded throughout the neighborhood. For several days the soldiers fought their way through the streets in search of Coke resulting in the deaths of over seventy people. Coke, meanwhile, had escaped. It would be four long weeks until he was finally captured.
In My Opinion This Man has done more for his people than Mr.Obama does for the hood,you dont see Barack in the hood trying to help nobody and he once organized in the projects in Chicago.but Here He goes after this man thats using the drug buisness to provide lights gas food clothing and education for his people where he come from,seems like Obama could learn a few things,and also why has Obama not created a equal employment Bill for Ex Offenders since 70% of this Countrys prison population,and convicted felons are black?
Yeah he did a lot for his people. But he became the fall guy for the war on drugs