Did the US Marines watch the Haitian police open fire on a crowd?

The Haiti Information Project reports that Haitian police opened fire on a Lavalas demonstration, killing 9 people, while US Marines, supposedly there to guarantee the ‘security’ of the population of Haiti, watched. Can’t verify the story but it certainly fits with everything else reported to be going on in Haiti, particularly with the attacks on Lavalas members. This is not long after the Marines blew up the gates of a grandmother’s house, handcuffed her and her 5-year old granddaughter and others, and arrested her.

Author: Justin Podur

Author of Siegebreakers. Ecology. Environmental Science. Political Science. Anti-imperialism. Political fiction. Teach at York U's FES. Author. Writer at ZNet, TeleSUR, AlterNet, Ricochet, and the Independent Media Institute.