Haiti police riot after crime gangs kill 14 officers

By artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 1:07am |

Without basic rules of law and public safety, nothing is possible. https://t.co/pCjYvksABo
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) January 27, 2023

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64421308

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Haiti: protests erupt in Port-au-Prince over killings of police officers by gangs https://t.co/OyOmiOKzaw
— Le Monde in English (@LeMonde_EN) January 27, 2023

Tensions soar in Haiti’s capital after police officers killed https://t.co/DYgOva6WuY via @AJEnglish
— PRINCE A D GAISIE (@d_gaisie) January 27, 2023

Haiti police block streets, break into airport to protest officer killings | Reuters https://t.co/xdQLJQu6pa
— JT Styl (@JTSTYL) January 27, 2023

#Ouest #Haiti- Reports of PNH police officers storming and attacking President/Prime Minister Ariel Henry's residence in #Delmas60 sector of #PortAuPrince, amid shootings, blockades and protests across the capital city pic.twitter.com/J3tMvhN7WX
— CyclistAnons (@CyclistAnons) January 27, 2023

#Ouest #Haiti- Crowds attempt to breach inside the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in #Tabarre commune of #PortAuPrince, where windows and entryways are seen damaged, where Prime Minister Ariel Henry was expected to be present pic.twitter.com/q9knHcgUcV
— CyclistAnons (@CyclistAnons) January 27, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 1:21am

Sounds like she wants a Haiti-style set up:

The problem is not the cops. The problem is policing. How they are trained. What their purpose is.

Defund police. By which I mean take every dollar and cent away from them. That's what we mean. It cannot be reformed. Every reform extends their reach and makes things worse. https://t.co/eTccRGjdSF
— daanis (@gindaanis) January 28, 2023

Solitary confinement was a reform.

Women's prisons were a reform.

Community policing was a reform.

Body cameras were a reform.

Every reform gives them more money, more access, more surveillance, and more Black and Indigenous people dead or in prison.
— daanis (@gindaanis) January 28, 2023

And if you think it cannot be done, may I remind you that people said the same thing about abolishing slavery and that's who you sound like
— daanis (@gindaanis) January 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 9:55am

And if u think telepathic time projection can't be done, that's what they said about electricity.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 10:14am

I dunno, so many claim there are no people actually for abolition, that that's all madeup stuff by Russian or right-wing trolls, but I see stuff like this all time:

Resources to learn more about abolition and why we need it https://t.co/F4vpWDTnFS
— Marie from the PNW (@pnw_sw) January 28, 2023

.@micahinATL and I discuss the struggle to Stop Cop City and the death of Tortuguita, a forest defender and abolitionist who was gunned down by police in Weelaunee Forest last week, this week on @MovementMemos. https://t.co/bWcxu3l1D3
— Puff the Magic Hater (@MsKellyMHayes) January 26, 2023

Warrants of forest defenders facing domestic terror charges include the following as alleged examples of terrorist activity: “sleeping in the forest,” “sleeping in a hammock with another defendant,” being “known members” of “a prison abolitionist movement” https://t.co/KRl5SDEv19
— Puff the Magic Hater (@MsKellyMHayes) January 27, 2023

Denial is a river in Egypt, I guess

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 10:49am

I could understand it if Atlanta had a crime wave or sumpin'...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 1:24pm

Well I also thought the U.S.A. was a democracy where communities could decide what they wanted to do about problems by majority vote. Guess not, guess it's more like Haiti? (Or alternately, you can do the Trump thing? Maybe that's basically the same, tho....)

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 3:42pm

BTW here's another one, she's on the NYC council; abolitionists are real. Proud and loud. Commentators like Moskos are not making the stuff up or exaggerating, they're talking about shit actual city and state reps say.

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 6:56pm

#Haiti | Haiti Gangs Embrace Political and Police Chaos. https://t.co/7xvhXcMbdy
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) January 31, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 1:40pm

You gotta have rule of law

“The evidence is overwhelming: Giving roving teams of police officers added authority, elite status, a long leash and a vague mandate is a formula for abuse.” https://t.co/wXwLkOl0OY
— Omar Wasow | @[email protected] (@owasow) January 30, 2023

In Memphis, we still do:

Why is the media fueling fears of unrest after five ex-Memphis police officers were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop? The case was investigated and the officers were charged. The system worked! @AmeshiaCross joins Dan. pic.twitter.com/GQmTbMThIv
— Dan Abrams Live (@danabramslive) January 27, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 3:19pm

But in Atlanta, gang life just isn't the same anymore? (Dead is really dead, go figure?)

During an interview with Complex after being named the best rapper of 2022, #21Savage mentioned how the energy of Atlanta isn’t the same following the loss of so many influential people including #Takeoff Atlanta Classmates do you agree?!? #TheProgressReport #TPRMediaGroup pic.twitter.com/COKFYXYCVb
— The Progress Report Media Group (@TPRMediaGroup) February 1, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 02/01/2023 - 3:42pm

#ElitesAndCrime | Democracy in #Haiti is disappearing. The last elected senators terms’ ended in January, and gang leaders like Barbecue, Vitelhomme, and Izo remain far more popular than Ariel Henry, a former Haitian official told InSight Crime.

https://t.co/7xvhXcMbdy pic.twitter.com/0KyIK4Aj7T
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) February 3, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 10:51am

Last month, I returned to #Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. This is what I found there. Featuring the words of @JackyLumarque, @etzeremile, @DelphineGardere & others. May bondye protect Ayiti Cherie and her people at this time. Ayiti pap peri. https://t.co/07YMxGaNA6
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) February 3, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 1:35pm

Haiti has extradited four people to the United States who are accused of being involved in the assassination of former president Jovenel Moïse.https://t.co/RUAjJDFOTp
— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) February 6, 2023

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 5:57pm

“We are all dead people walking despite the fact that he [God] allows us to exist.”
The story of everyday Haitians living in failing conditions in Haiti. Check our latest series #StateOfHaiti on the https://t.co/oRiJ1Y0zcr #haiti #haitinews #haitiantimes pic.twitter.com/qfATTwINjV
— Haitian Times (@HaitianTimes_) February 9, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/09/2023 - 11:54pm

4 men orchestrated calculated and brazen assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse from South Florida: Feds

Full story here: https://t.co/GUbN7NBT4m pic.twitter.com/XbRQa2rAn3
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) February 16, 2023

Note: WHILE, yes, THEY PLOTTED IN THE U.S., THEY ARE BEING PROSECUTED BY THE U.S.FEDS. So if you're going to argue the assassination was a C.I.A. job or some such, then you also have to go with a war between the C.I.A. and the D.O.J. Kay? Got that? Entertain this thought as well: maybe just maybe Haiti is a miserable failure despite bigger countries trying to help them.

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 2:08am

Canada to deploy Navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens https://t.co/EQT53U34ET
— Antonin (@TotoB1217) February 16, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 4:58pm

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