He developed community programs to help the poor and had so much local support that Jamaican police were unable to enter this neighborhood without community consent.
He gained widespread support in the community, to the extent that Jamaican police had to seek permission from his organization before entering the neighborhood.
Jamaican police appealed for calm on Wednesday among Coke's supporters.
I will use perfectly legitimate connections and have the matter directed to the most authoritative officials in the Jamaican police.
You elaborately described a long interview with the Jamaican police this afternoon.
The Jamaican police have a history of extra-judicial killings.
He lived in Tivoli, where everyone called him "president," and, since 2001, Jamaican police had not been able to enter the neighborhood without his permission.
But in this case, bureau officials agreed to help after the Jamaican police contacted them.
Jamaican police performed an autopsy which was deemed inconclusive.
But the Jamaican police believe he is alive and in hiding on the island.