MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By Gabrielle Gorder @ InsightCrime. org, Nov. 16
Rival factions, secret burial sites, homicidal bosses – the ongoing trial of dozens of members of the Klansman gang in Jamaica is shedding light on how criminal groups function on the island. The ongoing trial, which began in late September, has seen 33 members of the Klansman gang face charges of criminal organization, murder, arson, extortion and illegal possession of firearms. All have pled not guilty. These members specifically belong to the One Don Gang faction of the Klansman and are based in the southeastern parish of St. Catherine, west of the capital Kingston. Despite the name, the Jamaican gang has no connection to the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group.
This is a landmark trial for several reasons. It involves the most defendants ever to be tried simultaneously under a single indictment in Jamaica’s history. It reveals grim details about the evolution of gangs in Jamaica and of their leaders, such as Andre Bryan, alias “Blackman,” of the One Don Gang [....]