A longstanding family feud left one man dead after being stabbed yesterday afternoon in Jamaica. 42-year-old Michael Thompson was arrested for manslaughter after allegedly stabbing Adeyimi King in the chest while trying to protect his sister, King's girlfriend. A fourteen-year-old neighbor told the Daily News that the two had been at odds for some time including and incident where King "yanked (Thompson's) dreads from his head." The 40-year-old King died at Jamaica Hospital after the fight and stabbing around 1:30 p.m. left him lying in blood on Liverpool Street. A neighbor who refused to give her name to the News told the paper, "Life is so important, and people just don't value life anymore."
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