NewsWhore
08-04-2008, 03:10 PM
Last Saturday, while he was driving along Winston Churchill Avenue, a stoplight halted Adriano Miguel Tejada at the corner of Heriberto Nunez. While waiting for the light to change, and in sight of a young AMET agent, some Haitian children were running around asking for money and trying to clean windshields. According to the Diario Libre editor, when he asked the AMET agent why she was allowing this to happen, in view of the fact that both activities were in violation of the child labor laws, she answered him with one of those "you know how it is" looks, confirming that she was not able to do anything because if she kicked the kids from one corner, they would just appear at another one, in a business that appears to be better organized than drug distribution in the barrios.
However, according to the editor, the curious thing happened next. Next to his car was a Jeep Wrangler, fairly new, with Haitian license plates, and driven by a large Haitian of fairly light color. When the child approached the car to ask for some money, the man did not even look at the child and merely moved his index finger. On the other side was a Dominican lady, apparently middle class, who lowered her window and gave some pesos to the little beggar from the neighboring country.
The quick lessons of the situation are obvious: The law does not apply; officers in charge do not apply it; the Haitians do not help their fellow citizens; and the middle class feed the business with their pity.
You can draw your own conclusions.
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However, according to the editor, the curious thing happened next. Next to his car was a Jeep Wrangler, fairly new, with Haitian license plates, and driven by a large Haitian of fairly light color. When the child approached the car to ask for some money, the man did not even look at the child and merely moved his index finger. On the other side was a Dominican lady, apparently middle class, who lowered her window and gave some pesos to the little beggar from the neighboring country.
The quick lessons of the situation are obvious: The law does not apply; officers in charge do not apply it; the Haitians do not help their fellow citizens; and the middle class feed the business with their pity.
You can draw your own conclusions.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)