Spirit Airlines Shot At During Landing; Airline Cancels All Flights to Haiti

Lord have mercy. What is going on in Haiti?! If you or a loved one was planning a trip to the country from the US, check your flight status.

Various news outlets are reporting that a Spirit plane was shot at during landing and they believe the culprit to be gangs attempting to cease control of the airport and block travel in and out of the capital, Port Au Prince.

As a result of the imminent danger, all flights have been cancelled by at least 3 major US airlines, including Spirit, to and from the country.

As the killings and hunger escalate, a political power struggle has cost the prime minister Garry Connile, his job. He was fired by Haiti’s transitional council and his firing is yet another setback for this country plagued by poverty, famine, gang violence and political unrest.

Let’s keep the people of Haiti in our thoughts. This has got to be just terrifying for the everyday citizens and something absolutely has to be done.

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FEATURED: “Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses” by Damion Keith Blake

Amazon — In Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake takes on a controversial subject: the Jamaican don.

The Jamaican don is a non-state actor, a male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role, and who wields considerable power and control inside that nation’s garrison communities. Garrisons in Jamaica are poor inner city communities characterized by homogeneous voting patterns for one of Jamaica’s two major political parties: the People’s National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party.

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Prosecutors Cite Lyrics in Chicago Rapper Lil Durk Murder for Hire Indictment

Chicago rapper Lil Durk is the latest hip hop artist to be indicted on criminal charges and the authorities are digging in the crates and referencing his song lyrics to use against him.

According to justice.gov, Durk Banks, 32, a.k.a. “Lil Durk,” “Blood,” and “Mustafa Abdul Malak,” is charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and one count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.

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