Haitians Beginning to Defend Themselves
These Haitians aren’t waiting for the foreign force to come and defend them
Elegy for the Fallen Police
By Dr. Frantz Large, valued participant in the Haiti Democracy Project’s 2009 conference for a Strategy of National Salvation. “Ce soir notre cœur se serre pour la disparition au Champ d’honneur des agents de la PNH . . .Ce soir, des épouses se retrouvent sans mari, et leurs pauvres mains chercheront en vain sous les couvertures un corps désormais rigide et froid. Ce soir de petites mains attendent en vain un père”
Police Attacked in Their Homes
De nombreux policiers ont fui leurs domiciles pour échapper à la colère des bandits. Les bandits ont incendié des résidences et entreprises appartenant à des policiers
Can the Police Cope Without Foreign Help? y/n
Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s oldest newspaper founded in 1891, asked its readers
Seven More Police Killed
They were killed defending a police station in the Artibonite on January 25 as 150 gang members stormed it
Three Police Killed
A driver was also killed and another policeman injured in Petionville on Friday, January 20. Update: “Face à la puissance de feu des bandits du gang Krazé barrière, 3 policiers ont été tués et un autre porté disparu.” The tragedy is sowing discord between the top brass and the rank-and-file