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Jamaican posses  

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  • Jamaican posse is the name that is collectively used to refer to different coalitions of Jamaican nationals involved in illegal gang activities in the United States as well as other regions in the world. In the 1980s various Jamaican posse groups became increasingly and notoriously popular among law enforcement agents in the United States for their involvement in organized criminal activities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Jamaican Posse]

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