SOS Jamaica few cases: Michael Gayle Handicapped boy kicked to death by soldiers and police at a blockade On September 21, 1999, soldiers and police officers fatally beat 26-year-old Michael Gayle. The night of the incident a curfew was imposed on the areas of Olympic Gardens, Seaward Drive and Sterling Ave. Though curfew orders are supposed to be publicised, this was not done, so the communities had no warning about the restriction of their freedoms. Around 7:30 pm Michael Gayle left his home in Olympic Gardens on his bicycle. As he rode up to a curfew barricade, the police and soldiers present reminded him of the curfew. Michael, who at the time was suffering from clinical depression, insisted on getting through. As a result of his questioning of authority, an argument ensued; he was then punched kicked and hit by police officers and soldiers. Other soldiers and police officers stood around idle as his beating took place. Michael was then taken to the Olympic Gardens Police Station in an unconscious state. He then began to vomit food and blood and was then taken to Kingston Pubic Hospital and was released at 6:00am and charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He continued to vomit and experience pain as a result of his beating and was taken to the Kingston Public Hospital where he began to vomit faeculent material and was rushed to the emergency room where he was later pronounced dead. The autopsy reported that he died as a result of a ruptured stomach. The reconstruction of Michael Gayle murder from the documentary 'Dead men tell no tales' product by BBC/Amnesty International 14th march 2003, the Jamaicans for Justice bring the Michael Gayle case on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The full IACHR report (file .rtf - dim. 177 Kb) March 5, 2004: Jamaicans for Justice Press conference "At the IACHR for Michael Gayle" (file .doc - dim. 42 Kb)