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Mckenzie Jr. Charged Again, This Time For Att. Murder
posted (June 23, 2014)
George Mckenzie Jr - his name was in the news in April when a murder charge was withdrawn against him - after it had already gone to court. It was a first, but the DPP made the decision because a senior police officer had videotaped proof that the 19 year old was at another location when the crime occurred.

But, police charged him today for another crime. This evening, Mckenzie Jr was charged for attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means OF harm for a shooting that happened eight months ago.

That's when Paul Alvarez was shot on Lovely Lane. The report at that time was that a lone gunman was responsible - and a man named Albert Robinson was already charged. But, claiming to have new evidence, police re-opened the case and charged McKenzie today. His mother came to us outraged this evening; she says he's being systematically harassed by police because he is the son and namesake of George Junie Balls McKenzie Sr.:..

Melissa Major - Mother of George McKenzie Jr.
"Just now they charged my son for 3 charges. A charge 7 months ago that my son had already got detained for. They had charge a young man already for this same charge and they just picked up my son yesterday and charged my son for the same thing just now about 5:06pm just now. Somebody has already been charged for this. This is the copy of the person when they took him to court. The young man name is Albert Robinson. Hs have people that gave statements against him, they pick him out in an ID parade and yet they pick up my son yesterday and charge him for the same said charges for the same person. The day before they picked of this young man when the shooting happened, In took my son to the station. My son did his first 48 for this same thing. They never did charge my son, they let him go."

"The police told me that somebody came and gave some new thing and that is the reason why they send over the file to the DPP. When he (police) came at my house yesterday after 3 he told me that 2 weeks ago he was supposed to picked up my son but he didn't pick him up because he wanted to make sure that he covered all his grounds. yet he came at my house this morning after he detained my son and told me that from yesterday he was waiting for something from the DPP. This morning I had already left to go to my work, my son and my daughter-in-law called me and tell me that police came back. When I went there he said that he wanted a social security card and I showed him my son's social security card. When I took my lawyer, they told my lawyer the same thing that they were waiting for something from the DPP. Then, this morning they went to Chon Saan to get a statement from them, about how long they knew George and where George was most of the time. The young man gave a statement. My son doesn't go anywhere, from my house to Chon Saan, from Chon Saan to home. That is the only thing that I can think about because my son didn't do anybody anything, so why are they targeting my son? So as the police are targeting my son, so are the people from "jungle." I did a human interest on LOVE FM before all these incidents started to happen. And I am telling these people over and over that my son is not that type of person. Junie 'balls" is his father, but me don't stand for stupidness. I bring my children up, they are not dragged up. Please I am asking you miss, please go and do your investigation, please help me. Go out in my neighborhood and ask what type of parent I am, ask them who sons are please. Ask anybody miss, I don't tolerate stupidness and the police damn well know - we had so many meetings at CYDP concerning this same matter. When we were at CYDP this young man told everyone in front of the police and the director of CYDP and us that he doesn't know who shot him."

"I am begging to the DPP because according to the police it's the DPP who gave them the okay to charge my son. Miss, please look into this thing - these people doesn't like my son from "jungle" - from the time my son came off from that murder we have always been getting harassed."

We expect that McKenzie will be arraigned tomorrow. He recently graduated from 4th form.

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