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A Jamaican man walks past a graffiti covered wall June 16, 2008 on a block nicknamed "Manhattan" in the South Side neighborhood of Kingston. On the wall behind the man is gang graffiti of the famous Jamaican politically affiliated gang "Spanglers", a traditionally People's National Party (PNP) linked gang that controls the area around Manhattan. In the 60's, 70's and 80's Jamaican politicians of both parties armed gangs, and relied on them to consolidate control of specific neighborhoods and deliver votes.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 4215x2810 / 4.6MB; 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 Kingston Matthews Lane slum graffiti PNP Peoples National Party political affiliation Public housing scheme horizontal war shottas shotta markings territory area urban decay 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

A Jamaican man walks past a graffiti covered wall June 16, 2008 on a block nicknamed "Manhattan" in the South Side neighborhood of Kingston. On the wall behind the man is gang graffiti of the famous Jamaican politically affiliated gang "Spanglers", a traditionally People's National Party (PNP) linked gang that controls the area around Manhattan. In the 60's, 70's and 80's Jamaican politicians of both parties armed gangs, and relied on them to consolidate control of specific neighborhoods and deliver votes.