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BABYLON

Wondrously flexible Jamaican term for systemic power and Western cultures seen as degenerate or oppressive, especially the POLICE.

#WarInnaBabylon @ICALondon
‘In the Jamaicans, you have a people who are constitutionally disorderly—it’s simply in their make-up.’ @metpoliceuk

‘For this greater spirit of rebellion among the Jamaican slaves compared with those of the other British slave societies several causes may be given.’ @opatters1
‘sergeants & constables do leave stations with the express purpose of going “NIGGER HUNTING”, that is to say, they do not get orders from superiors to act in this way, but among themselves THEY DECIDE TO BRING IN A COLOURED PERSON AT ALL COSTS’ Joseph A. Hunte 1966 @policeconduct
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