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The funeral of African-American Tire Nichols is being held this Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in the city of Memphis. His beating by five police officers, also African-Americans, shocked the United States.
« The body camera video of one of the police officers is so violent that one is tempted to look away “, admits the Houston Chronicle. « If body cameras had been hailed as a crucial measure for police accountability, Nichols’ death is a stark reminder of their limits “, continues the editorialist. ” Just watching the video of the violent death of Tire Nichols will not make our streets safer or our police officers better at their jobs. We can only hope it sparks conversations within families, in classrooms, in town halls, in state capitols, and finally in the halls of Congress. »
And on his side, the Philadelphia Inquirer concludes: “Until public and political pressure forces systemic change, killings by American police officers will continue. »
Four suspects in the assassination of the Haitian president transferred from Haiti to Florida
At 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, three American-Haitians and a Colombian will appear for the first time before the judge of the federal court in Miami. They are James Solages, Joseph Vincent, Christian Emmanuel Sanon and German Rivera Garcia. All four were detained in the main prison in Haiti, the national penitentiary, before being extradited on Tuesday, January 31, in Florida. These men are accused by the American authorities of ” conspiracy in connection with the assassination of Jovenel Moïse “, reports the Miami Herald. There are now seven people behind bars in the United States in connection with the assassination of the Haitian president.
Haiti buries its police officers who died in the fight against armed gangs
The funerals of the three officers killed on January 20 in Pétion-Ville took place yesterday. And “the PNH is preparing to pay probably a last tribute, even without the corpses, to the police officers killed last week in Liancourt », Reports Le Nouvelliste. Faced with the influence of the gangs, written on his side The National« the population followed with a certain compassion the demonstrations of police officers almost everywhere in the country who affirm loud and clear “that they no longer want to go to the butcher’s shop”. We understand them. But we can’t help but wonder who will now defend our lives and our property if they give up. »
« The police, unable to protect us and themselves, symbolizes the state of our institutions “, considers for his part Le Nouvelliste.
Jamaica offers aid to Haiti
This is reported by several Jamaican newspapers on Tuesday, including the Jamaica Observer. Jamaica says it is deeply concerned about the gravity of the Haitian crisis.
« Jamaica reiterates its availability to support an international effort in response to the deterioration of the emergency situation in Haiti. Both our army and our police have been warned of this possibility of support and have begun to prepare for such an eventuality. “, said the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, Tuesday, January 31 before Parliament. ” The Jamaican government is also willing to welcome our Haitian brothers and neighbors here in Kingston for constructive negotiations between Haitian political leaders and members of civil society, should that be their wish. “said the head of the Jamaican government.
Monday, January 30, in an interview with Miami Heraldthe vice-president of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, had also offered his country’s help to Haiti: El Salvador, itself in the midst of an anti-gang war, could send experts to Port-au-Prince to draw up a plan to combat insecurity.
In El Salvador, President Bukele inaugurates a new mega-prison
It is with a grandiose staging and broadcast live on television and radio channels that Nayib Bukele inaugurated Tuesday, January 31 ” the terrorism containment center » – such is its official name – « centerpiece in the fight against armed gangs ».
According to the vocabulary used by the Salvadoran government, this is ” the largest prison in Latin America “, capable of locking up ” 40 000 suspected gangsters “, reports the daily The Savior. This detention center was built in the open countryside, near Tecoluca, southeast of the capital, San Salvador. And it will be watched day and night by 250 police and 600 soldiers.
According to the newspaper Today’s Diary, it is not clear when the first transfers of prisoners to this new prison will take place. The state of exception, much criticized by human rights defenders, allows the Salvadoran government to detain suspects without a legal order. Nayib Bukele’s government arrested more than 60 000 suspected bandits since the beginning of his war against armed gangs.