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Jamaican gang members simulate making gunshots with hand gestures at a dancehall music street party in the Rema Garrison December 21, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica. Gang members only make up an estimated 5% of the community's population, however yield a disproportionate amount of power due to an absence of local law enforcement or government authority.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 4368x2912 / 6.3MB; Jamaica Jamaican gangs violence murder homicide rates capita crime justice society poverty community garrison gangsters guns weapons youth culture Caribbean tropics West Indies ghetto inner-city inner city epidemic gang signs flame fire torch criminality criminal Kingston Trench Town Rema gang bangers members slum horizontal night signs gesture salute Jamaica Kingston garrison garrisons gangs ghetto poverty violence gangsters crime culture violence tragic crisis island Jamaican armed gang life killing homicide rate political violence PNP JLP neighborhood members guns weapons criminal projects
Contained in galleries: Jamaican Violence Project

Jamaican gang members simulate making gunshots with hand gestures at a dancehall music street party in the Rema Garrison December 21, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica. Gang members only make up an estimated 5% of the community's population, however yield a disproportionate amount of power due to an absence of local law enforcement or government authority.