An increase in fatal shootings by police is setting back efforts to
curb violence and build faith in the Caribbean nation's justice system,
Amnesty International said Tuesday.A
report by the London-based group said the killings reflect a disregard
for human rights in the island's inner cities, where residents are cut
off from many basic services and violent gang leaders often hold more
influence than government authorities.
Still, the report praised
a series of reforms the government has proposed since last year, when
an Amnesty report found the island of 2.8 million has one of the
highest rates of police killings in the Western Hemisphere.
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