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March 12, 2010
Another dancehall dispute catches the police’s attention
The heated dispute between popular dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and his protege' Blak Ryno has caught the attention of the police.
The reported dispute has reportedly led to a spate of shootings, fire-bombings and in one case, the fatal shooting of a man along Mannings Hill Road in St. Andrew.
This has prompted the Area 5 police to step in and both men were summoned on the weekend for a stern warning.
Superintendent Newton Amos told the RJR News Centre that Vybz Kartel whose real name is Adijah Palmer and Blak Ryno whose real name is Romaine Anderson, were cautioned that the police will be coming down hard on them if the violence continued.
Superintendent Amos says there have been a series of reprisal attacks in several police divisions, including St. Andrew North; St. Andrew Central and St. Catherine South since the highly publicised dispute between the artistes began.
"We have told them in no uncertain way that we will not tolerate the type of violence that has been associated with some of the incidents that have taken place in these divisions, we are saying to them, get your act together. We are not going to allow the school children to be involved and we have no intention to allow them to perpetuate this type of behaviour further in other areas," Superintendent Amos said.
He has also warned that members of the artistes' entourage, including members of the police force, will be coming under the constabulary's spotlight.
In the meantime, Superintendent Amos says the police have written to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) requesting that it shut down the recording studios of Vybz Kartel.
"We have discussed and consulted with the KSAC, the Town Clerk as it relates to a studio it is reported is being operated by Mr. Palmer at 14 Kirk Avenue in Havendale which as far as we know ought not to be operating there as a studio. This is a community where people live and the type of noise and obstruction that is being created there we are going to be looking at very seriously," he said.
He says the KSAC has reported that no permit was granted for the construction of the studio in the area.