High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2010 Kingston unrest was an armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica`s military in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. The conflict begun on the 23 May 2010 as the Jamaican police attempted to hunt for major drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, and the leader of the criminal gang that attacked several police stations. The violence, which largely took place over 24-25 May, killed at least 73 civilians and wounded at least 35 others. Four soldiers/police were also killed and more than 500 arrests were made, as Jamaican police and soldiers fought gunmen in the Tivoli Gardens district of Kingston.