Jamaican police kill more than 140 citizens per year

Evidence

The rate of lethal police shootings in Jamaica is one of the highest per capita in the world. More than 1,400 people have been shot dead by police over the past 10 years in Jamaica; in a country whose population is only 2.6 million. (Amnesty International 2001c, 2) Gangs and police both often attacked gays, who were also recurrent targets of vituperation by reggae singers (Amnesty International 2004b). — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 515

Categorization

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 515