Shackelia Jackson

Shackelia Jackson (born 27 September 1982)

Killing of Nakiea Jackson Jackson's brother, Nakiea, was shot dead in 2014 by the Jamaican police in their hometown, Kingston.

Aged 29, Nakiea worked in a restaurant and was known around the Orange Villa community for his cooking skills. He was dragged by his feet and left on a pavement before being thrown in the back of a police car and taken to hospital where he died. The autopsy determined he had died from two gunshot wounds. Nakiea fitted that description. In 2017, the recorded number of fatalities at the hands of Jamaican law enforcement officers was 168 people; an average of three people a week in a nation of 2.8 million.

Campaigning Since Nakiea's death, Shackelia has advocated for human rights and criminal-judicial reform in Jamaica, focusing especially on young men from inner-city low-income neighbourhoods. In January 2018, Jackson told the Huffington Post that she had received over 6,000 letters, tweets and emails from people across the UK in support of her campaigning as part of Amnesty International's Write for Rights campaign.