$150 Million Payout To Attorneys - Double Blow For Tivoli Gardens Residents

It was not enough that many of the Tivoli Gardens' residents were grossly abused and 73 persons were massacred in 2011 as security forces stopped at nothing to capture Christopher Coke alias Dudus. But media reports uncovered that tax payers lined the pockets of the three leading attorneys on the commission and also those who participated in the Tivoli Gardens Hearing. Out of $150 million, a grand sum of approximately $130 million was paid to the three leading commissioners, David Simmons, Velma Hylton, and Hazel Harris. The remaining millions were paid out to a couple of attorneys at the Frater, Innis, Gordon law firm, along with individual attorneys - Deborah Martin and Valerie Neita-Robinson. What is absurd is these attorneys represented the security forces and vehemently accused all the residents that testified at the commission as liars. The attorneys also used their superior attitude to intimidate and insult the intelligence of these residents from poor backgrounds. These attorneys made all efforts to discredit the residents so as to prevent them from receiving any compensation. Well, as of now their intentions have come to pass since none of those who went through traumatic experiences and lost loved ones at the hand of the security forces has received any significant compensation. Yet, of course, the attorneys have not been denied of their millions. Denis Brooks and Cliff Hughes on Nationwide Network radio justify that if it wasn't for the attorneys no one would know that the Tivoli Gardens residents deserve compensation. What bullshit!! The fact that the heads of some relatives were blown off by the security forces and the other gruesome bodies were displayed on the internet prove that a massacre must have occurred. What a shameful happening that certainly proves that poverty is a curse!