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Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 4:15am

Son of Spragga Benz Killed By Police in Jamaica

Posted by Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

RIP Calvin Grant Jr.

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Carlton Grant Jr., the 17-year-old son of dancehall artist Spragga Benz, was shot and killed by local police in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday (Aug. 24). Cops say they stopped two men on a bicycle in the Kingston 8 area and when they moved toward them, one of the men began firing at them, according to Radio Jamaica.  Crazy yo.  prayers go out to the family.  Journalista has more

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Comment by RUTHLESSNYC
2008-08-28 08:47:32

wow thats crazy….I heard the other day that spragga is really a shotta down there too so this could get interesting. Then again people getting popped by the police in JA is a “Normal” thing

 
Comment by 4PL
2008-08-28 13:25:53

Very Normal! The thought process is this if you get stopped by police in Jamaica and you have a gun u might as well start shootin cause their probably going to kill you. Its funny how art imitates life b/c in the movie “Shottas” the guy who plays Spragga’s brother dies in a very similar way.

 
Comment by Tina
2008-08-28 19:51:09

Wow that is nuts. I hate to say it but for once it’s not a story about US cops doing dirty.

 
Comment by tko
2008-09-10 11:59:21

yow mi a tell u sey dem bomboclaut police system a yard real fuckup inno, di police bwoy dem too free fi do as dem like, jamaica need some help dem need FBI or CIA some help from america or England fi investigate dis shit an put di corrupt police dem to justice cause to me dem jamaican police ya dey have fun killin people mi swear yow mi feel it fi spragga fi real, jamaica need some real law enforcement officers fi watch dem police dey because jamaica police naa go do shit about dis instead dem a go try find di witness an try fi tek him out to. dats one reason mi come to america inno because jamaica get fuckup wid violence an crime shit is not di same u hardly can go a jamaica an have fun no more without affi worry about what might happen an dats fucked up no to say america is a pot of gold either dem have bullshit a bullshit system up ya to but at lease wen dem investigate dem do it an ketch di criminal dem even if it tek years d ago find dem, R.I.P my youth.

 
Comment by Grand master Shadow
2008-11-09 12:55:25

This is really heart breaking, if this kid was killed in retaliation to the kingston cops not liking spragga;I hope they are hunted like wild bores and killed 2ice as bad. Dirty mother fucking Jamaican cops.

 
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