by vagabond » Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:48 pm
Kurt wrote:It was basically a Civil War between Aristide supporters and Guy Phillipe supporters.
Since neither really had an army gangs would ambush supporters of the opposition.
Pretty sure the daily average body count is lower per capita than it is in the US this summer.
Easier for the right-wing when you can walk into the waiting arms of the cops who will give you a pat on the back and a water bottle. And if you don't get let off the hook like Rittenhouse, you go to jail where I'm sure the white supremacists there will take care of you.
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No data for '04 but Haiti had 5.12 murders per 100k people[1] in 2007. In 2020, US had 7.5. [2]
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https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/H ... icide-rate[2]
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
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