Mavado "Gansta for life" Beaten by Cops

Mavado, a prominent member of Bounty Killer's Alliance, was allegedly beaten by cops who had gone to detain him for questioning regarding an assualt an engineer known as 'Kerry' on September 23. Kerry who is employed to the Exodus studio in Kingston, made a formal report that he had been beaten by a group of men who had accused him of "splicing a Mavado dub". At about 3:30 p.m. yesterday, police say they went to Cassava Piece, and were in the process of arresting him on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm, when they were blocked by residents. Mavado marched to the station at 4:00 p.m, followed by a large crowd of residents from the Cassava Piece area, to turn himself in. Police say that an altercation then occurred at the station with Mavado and the police, resulting in the deejay incurring a second charge of resisting arrest. They say that when they went to get first aid for the deejay who was injured, he escaped police custody. But Mavado, sang a completely different song regarding the incident. "How a man fi turn himself in, an den resist arrest...a bex di police bex seh wi a support wi artiste. Wi have nuf a dem name, an wi a go a commissioner office guh report dem," said the female resident. Mavado says despite his horrendous experience at the station, he will be returning there today to "sort out" the matter. However, he says this time he will have his lawyer present. Read more on this story