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Haitian shot for stealing rice
2010-01-22 12:53:11 | (0 Comments)

A 20-year-old carpenter suspected of stealing rice was shot and killed by the Haitian police in Port-au-Prince yesterday.

The dead man's mother identified him as Gentile Cherie.

Two others were also wounded.

Witnesses say no one was looting at the time of the incident.

Josef Josnain, the owner of a shop near the city's airport, said the five bags of rice which the men were found with had fallen from a truck.

Cherie's wounded companion, who did not give his name, said a truck driver gave them the rice.

Marc Justin, a Senior Police Officer in the area, said he will investigate the killing.

He also said there is no shoot-to-kill order for suspected looters.

Sporadic looting has broken out in Port-au-Prince, where relief workers have struggled to get food, water and medical aid into the hands of survivors of last week's magnitude 7.0 earthquake.


The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is raising concerns about possible child trafficking, which was already a problem in Haiti before the earthquake more than a week ago.

Source: Gleaner/Power 106 News

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Haitian police shot and killed a man they suspected of stealing rice in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince on Thursday, leaving his body on the sidewalk for hours as his family mourned.

The dead man's mother identified him as Gentile Cherie, a 20-year-old carpenter. A companion with him was wounded, and a third man nearby was hit by what he said was a stray bullet.

Witnesses said no one was looting at the time. Josef Josnain, the owner of a shop near the city's airport, said the five bags of rice the men were found with fell from a truck and passers-by picked them up. And Cherie's wounded companion, who did not give his name, said a truck driver gave them the rice.

"A truck stopped and we jumped on, and the driver gave us the rice as a gift," he said. "But the cops shot us."

A CNN crew spotted police stopping the two men Thursday afternoon. They stopped to film the arrests, but while they were getting out of the car, they heard four gunshots and saw the men on the ground. Both had been shot in the back.

A third man, Auxilus Maxo, was wounded by a stray bullet near the scene. He told CNN he was hit in the side while waiting for a bus -- after applying for a job as a police officer.

Marc Justin, a senior police officer in the area, said he would investigate the killing and said there was no shoot-to-kill order for suspected looters.

"Nobody can do this in any country," Justin said. "Even if somebody was stealing a bag of rice, nobody has a right to do this."

Justin said he had called for an ambulance for the wounded man, but none appeared. Instead, the man was picked up by members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSTAH who happened on the scene after the shooting.

Shopkeepers retrieved the rice left behind.

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[evanovitch]

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So whappen u no see seh mi post dat not even four post away...

[loops]

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uh oh...is this going to be like Fox News and MSNBC battling it out now?

[X]

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this sheg up.. No body helped.. even the reporters.. they all watched the bredren died..
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X from what the reporter described, him and him crew came upon the scene after it happened, when the man was taking his last breaths.

the reporter did a try track dung the babylon bway weh shot up the people.(dem blur out the babylon bway face)

after dem realize reporter pan the scene, the police commish come and state that it shouldnt have happened

the reporter dem tan up and a wait fi the ambulance the commish seh him a guh send and nothing show up.

UN peacekeepers was passing by and picked up at least one of the victims.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">Lifeless: Fabienne Geismar died after being shot by police. The pictures she had looted lie beneath her face
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Overwhelming sorrow: Armante Cherisma cries in front of the body of her daughter



But while the images of survivors being pulled alive brought joy and hope, there was further heartbreak on the capital's streets after a girl of 15 was shot dead as a suspected looter.

Fabienne Geismar had survived the quake which devastated the family home but died in its aftermath, lying face down in her own blood beside the rubble and the worthless pictures she was said to have been stealing.

Her father Osam, sister Samantha and brother Jeff had watched helpless as she was cut down by a bullet.

They returned with a cart to collect her body. Her mother Armante stood wailing, barely able to stand as she was supported by relatives

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...ullet-head.html

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&quot;Humans&quot; mi a tell u..
Imagine to survive an earthquake that kills scores, only to be killed by your own kind.. and for what?

A mean, so what if they are taking stuff from destroyed buildings??
These same police are gathering deadleff and and hoarding AID for themselves.
Someone need to put a cap on the police.. cause soon the images and news wount be about the vitims of the earthquake., but instead about the corruption and killings..



<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Natral</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

<span style="font-weight: bold">Lifeless: Fabienne Geismar died after being shot by police. The pictures she had looted lie beneath her face
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Overwhelming sorrow: Armante Cherisma cries in front of the body of her daughter



But while the images of survivors being pulled alive brought joy and hope, there was further heartbreak on the capital's streets after a girl of 15 was shot dead as a suspected looter.

Fabienne Geismar had survived the quake which devastated the family home but died in its aftermath, lying face down in her own blood beside the rubble and the worthless pictures she was said to have been stealing.

Her father Osam, sister Samantha and brother Jeff had watched helpless as she was cut down by a bullet.

They returned with a cart to collect her body. Her mother Armante stood wailing, barely able to stand as she was supported by relatives

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...ullet-head.html



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this is one of the most heartwrenching images mi see from Haiti.. and the shame is, its not as a result of the 7+ Earthquake..

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There have been voyeuristic images of Haitian killing Haitians posted on almost every gallery i have been looking at since about a day or two after the earthquake.
Some shot by uniformed men and some killed and burnt by survivor's themselves.