JDF silent on soldiers’ conduct

There is no word yet as to whether the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will take action against two soldiers for their conduct while on duty at the crime scene yesterday.



In news item carries on Television Jamaica last night, one of the soldiers slapped a man claiming to be a musician in the face during a verbal clash with a female police sergeant.



Another soldier who interviewed pulled a baton from a policeman and knocked the man on the head with it.



The man had crossed the police tape when the female police sergeant was reprimanding him.



She ordered him to go back but he disobeyed telling her that he was tired of the abuse and the unacceptable manner in which the police often talk with citizens.