Soundtrack to the Violence in Jamaica (and Analysis)

The same parties are still "fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition" some 36 years after this classic was released — Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves — and covered a year later — The Clash - Police & Thieves:

Police and thieves in the street (oh yeah)
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
Police and thieves in the street (oh yeah)
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition

From Genesis to Revelation yeah
And next generation will be hear me

All the crimes committed day by day
No one try to stop it in any way
All the peacemakers turn war officers
Hear what I say

Kingston Archbishop Donald Reece weighs in — Kingston Catholic leaders: Violence result of dependency, lawlessness.