Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith, is blasting members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, JCF.
In a teary-eyed speech at the funeral of St. James resident Mario Deane yesterday, Mr. Smith accused the police of infringing on the rights of Jamaicans, at will.
It was an emotional Lloyd B. Smith who took the podium at the Mount Salem Seventh Day Adventist Church in Montego Bay on Sunday.
Smith, says Mario Deane’s death should not be a “nine day wonder”.
He says his greatest concern is Deane’s legacy.
Mr. Smith described Deane as a martyr.
And, he supported the call for a Human Rights Commission, made by the MP for North West St. Elizabeth, JC Hutchinson, in a tribute on behalf of Opposition leader Andrew Holness.
Mario Deane died on August 6, Independence Day, three days after being brutally beaten at the Barnett Street police station in Montego Bay.
He was allegedly beaten by inmates.
Two men, both mentally challenged, are before the courts facing a murder charge in relation to his death.
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