JAMAICA-CRIME-SECURITY-National security minister stands by position regarding shoot to kill by police.
KINGSTON -- National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang is unapologetic regarding his statement that the police should shoot to kill when confronted by armed criminals.
Last Friday, Chang repeated a position he had outlined in September last year when he again expressed support for police officers who kill criminals attempting to shoot at them.
'The police are professionals on the road doing a routine job, and you can only imagine the kind of mentality that would make a man ride up on a bike and look at a young Jamaican doing his duty and try to kill him.
'I say to the police here that: 'Anyone who does that or...
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