Host we are joined by francois pierrelouis from Queens College from the City University of new york. He serves as a Political Science professor and studies the topic of haiti, pti as its undergoing much turmoil these days. Good morning and thank you for giving us your time. Guest you are welcome. Host when yous going on in haiti how would you say we get here we got here . Guest it is a long history. We shouldrt in the beginning of 2016 when left office. Not having elections the country went into a chaotic situation. The provisional president had elections. That wasopposition and the mains of the opposition. E Large Purchase of patient of electors. And the parliamentary elections. By the time of 2021, the country was running a without■ a legitimate government to administer things. In 2021, the United States supported the installation of the interim prime and us are. He was supposed to hold elections within a short period but its been three years and he has not held any elections. The
Thank you for giving us your time. Guest good morning, you are welcome. Host when you see the currt t are going on in haiti, how would you say did we get here . Guest well, its a long story, but we should start maybe former president left office not having held any parliamentary and municipal elections, so the country went into chaotic situation, and he had to be a pl president who held elections. That election was contested by the■x opposition and the main members of thesi opposition because you didnt have a lot of large participation of electors in the and then also there was not any parliamentary elections, so by 2021, the country basically was running without any officialss. So in 2021 the united supported the installation of [inaudible] if as the interim Prime Minister, he was supposed to a short period of time, but its been tree years, and he did not hold any elections. Meanwhile, the gangs began to haitis capital, portauprince, and many provinces also. There became they became
Hes 18. Hes in city hall in beaverton, oregon. And according to him, hes high on mushrooms. So he starts a fight with some cops. They all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cops gun and shoots it. More cops jump in. It ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. This is white privilege. If that idea bothers you, then lets just call it benefit of the doubt. Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Now, of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. But jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. On this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the vi
he s 18. he s in city hall in beaverton, oregon. and according to him, he s high on mushrooms. so he starts a fight with some cops. they all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cop s gun and shoots it. more cops jump in. it ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. this is white privilege. if that idea bothers you, then let s just call it benefit of the doubt. those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. now, of course, when you re black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. cops murdered laquan mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. but jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. on this episode, we re talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. you want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake
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