International Haiti declares State of Emergency after Prisoners overrun the country; 5400 inmates escape

[William Munny]

I put it in quotes for a reason. That was to make fun of a stupid term used by the left on ileagls because ileagl hurts their feelings.

give the idiot a break.

 

[nostradumbass]

Zuckerberg just found a place to spend another $400 million to put more no questions asked drop boxes.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Lets get Captain Phillips on the case.

 

[haysus31]

This a clear mision that needs to be led by the US. This is a ongoing humanitarian disaster. We have a organization of theAmerica's that we sit on as one of the most prominent members. This is our own back yard. Yet we are meddling around the planet instead of focusing on the hell on earth Haiti has become. If anything the humanitarian situation should force us into action

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Haiti genocided all Europeans in their land. It would be like Hitler asking Jews to invest in the Third Reich. At least they have a land of their own, many are not so fortunate.

False. The French got kicked out of Haiti, got angry, and then forced the Haitians to pay reparations to avoid a full-scale invasion. The reparations left Haiti in such a huge debt that they were only able to pay it off in the 1940's.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

False. The French got kicked out of Haiti, got angry, and then forced the Haitians to pay reparations to avoid a full-scale invasion. The reparations left Haiti in such a huge debt that they were only able to pay it off in the 1940's.

- I failed to find. But was reported 14 bi?

 

[Natural Order]

Did a deep dive into Haitian history recently, what a fucked up nation. Place was doomed from the get go.

Ultimately a direct result of colonization gone wrong.

 

[plataoplombo]

The Haitian government should request drone strikes and Intel from us since we won't send troops.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

State Department urges Americans to get out of Haiti, but how is the question​

Gang violence has paralyzed the country.
ByMatt Rivers and Jolie Lash

The U.S. State Department is encouraging American citizens to leave Haiti following an ongoing spate of gang violence.

A series of coordinated gang attacks began against a number of government institutions last week, with prisons, dozens of police stations and the international airport all targeted.

The violence has paralyzed the country, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti has a warning on its website advising citizens to "monitor local news and information on security conditions from commercial transportation providers and arrange to leave Haiti when security conditions and commercial transportation options permit doing so."

How U.S. citizens can make it out of the country, however, remains unclear. Haiti's airport has been temporarily closed and is inoperable. Gangs attempted to seize control of it on Monday, ABC News previously reported.


A land crossing into the Dominican Republic, which Haiti borders, is also almost impossible to travel from Port-au-Prince as the route is dominated by gangs. There are no widely used ports for passenger travel by sea.

This is the second time in just days that the U.S. Embassy in Haiti posted a notice for Americans to leave. It issued the same security alert on March 3.

Haiti is under a state of emergency and nighttime curfew amid the surge in violence, after armed gangs attacked several of the country’s largest prisons and freed thousands of inmates.

The Haitian government declared the 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday evening and imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. in an effort "to restore the order and to take appropriate measures in order to regain control of the situation," according to a press release.

The government cited "the deterioration in security, particularly in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, characterized by increasingly violent criminal acts perpetrated by armed gangs, causing massive population displacements and consisting in particular of kidnappings and assassinations of peaceful citizens, violence against women and children, ransacking and theft of public and private property."

Of the nearly 4,000 inmates estimated to have been behind bars at the facility prior to Saturday's assault, fewer than 100 were still inside as of Sunday according to the officials, who cautioned that the actual number of escapees remains unknown.

The Haitian government said in a statement on Sunday that those responsible for the attack were "heavily armed criminals wanting at all costs to free people in custody, particularly for kidnapping, murder and other serious offenses," and that several inmates and prison staff were injured in the fighting.

A Haitian law enforcement source who was at the scene when gangs attempted to seize control of the airport Monday told ABC News earlier this week that an estimated several dozen gunmen from gangs breached the perimeter wall of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

The assailants exchanged gunfire with Haitian police and soldiers as they tried to reach the airport's main buildings to take over the facility, but were ultimately stopped before doing so, the source said.

At least one Haitian police officer was wounded and later died at a nearby hospital, according to a Haitian police source. An unknown number of attackers were also injured or killed.


The U.S. Embassy said Wednesday its facility in Port-au-Prince would be conducting "limited operations" Thursday and appointments for all services through March 12 have been canceled.

In an update on Thursday evening, Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, said Secretary Blinken spoke on the phone with Haitian leader Ariel Henry.

The State Department didn’t release a readout from the call, but Blinken reiterated the need to speed up the transfer of power, according to Nichols.

Officials are still closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Haiti, but say there are no imminent plans for an evacuation of the U.S. Embassy or a government-led evacuation of Americans in the country.

-- ABC News' Will Gretsky, Shannon Crawford and Aicha El Hammar Castano contributed to this report.

https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...rican-citizens-leave-haiti/story?id=107870692

 

[LeonardoBjj]

The Haitian government should request drone strikes and Intel from us since we won't send troops.

- It's a oportunity to try something. Would be a interesting study for people that work on public security!

 

[Kassitus]

False. The French got kicked out of Haiti, got angry, and then forced the Haitians to pay reparations to avoid a full-scale invasion. The reparations left Haiti in such a huge debt that they were only able to pay it off in the 1940's.

You can call it ethnic cleansing if you want. It was death or exile.

 

[tenniswhiz]

False. The French got kicked out of Haiti, got angry, and then forced the Haitians to pay reparations to avoid a full-scale invasion. The reparations left Haiti in such a huge debt that they were only able to pay it off in the 1940's.

Ah, yes, I’ve heard that one before.
Otherwise Haiti would have been successful like Taiwan and South Korea.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Ah, yes, I’ve heard that one before.
Otherwise Haiti would have been successful like Taiwan and South Korea.

It's a fact.

Haiti Independence Debt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

- I failed to find. But was reported 14 bi?

Haiti Independence Debt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[WhiteMousse]

It's a crime against humanity that the west, particularly the US, hasn't stepped up to rescue Haiti.

Given its extremely small geographical size, and population, it would not take a whole lot of investment to get Haiti up to at least a second world standard. It's the west that completely raped and fucked Haiti up, so it's their moral imperative to step-up and fucking do something. There is absolutely NO reason for Haiti to be in such a dire state. I wish all the good people of Haiti the best and I pray that better days are ahead.

American Christians have been doing that for over 40 years.

Christian Aid in Haiti - Christian Aid

Christian Aid works through local partners to improve the livelihoods of underprivileged Haitians, Dominicans and Haitian migrants.

www.christianaid.org.uk

You should go there and help. Don't let those awful Christians beat you-- you don't want them to be known for loving others do you?

 

[tenniswhiz]

It's a fact.

Haiti Independence Debt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yes, I agree. It’s a fact. Otherwise it would be a peaceful, thriving place.

 

[blackheart]

American Christians have been doing that for over 40 years.

Christian Aid in Haiti - Christian Aid

Christian Aid works through local partners to improve the livelihoods of underprivileged Haitians, Dominicans and Haitian migrants.

www.christianaid.org.uk

You should go there and help. Don't let those awful Christians beat you-- you don't want them to be known for loving others do you?

Individual people committing acts of charity is not how you pull an entire nation out of lawlessness and chaos.

 

[Staph infection]

Looks like some french colonialism is in order

RIP, you had some quality posts in the forum.

 

[William Munny]

RIP, you had some quality posts in the forum.

do we know why/how?

 

[Staph infection]

do we know why/how?

Not yet, he never really seemed to push too far so it is an odd banning but sometimes all it takes it that once "off" posts to take you out.