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“April 2025 has marked another historic milestone. For the second time this year, we have recorded the lowest number of murders in over two decades,” Dr Kevin Blake, the police commissioner, said in a statement.

According to Blake, compared to the same period last year, between January and April, there has been an 18% decline in overall major crimes, and murders are down by 37%.

But the human rights group Jamaican for Justice (JFJ) has raised concerns about a corresponding “significant and alarming increase” in fatal police shootings in the same period.

According to Jamaica’s police complaints authority, the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom), 111 people were fatally shot by security forces between January and April 2025, compared 44 in the same period last year – a 152% increase.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the extra info. So not chalking it up to "failure" in such a short time should maybe be chalked up to failure in such a "short time".

Reminds me of times during the height of covid when the antivax nutter I know on Facebook would rant about some article showing "the vax not working" or whatever bullshit. His propaganda outlets of choice would seemingly sift through monthly data by country and if one country failed to report one period or reported two periods in one they'd cry foul and point to just those numbers.