# Haitian politician "unintentionally" shoots journalist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitian-politician-unintentionally-shoots-journalist/840711>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitian-politician-unintentionally-shoots-journalist/840711 "2019-09-23T17:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitian-politician-unintentionally-shoots-journalist/840711/1 "2019-09-23T17:38:46Z")

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Trump: I could shoot someone and not lose any supporters.

Duterte: I have killed people. Just kidding. But not really.

Jean Marie Ralph Féthière: Bang. Bang.

[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/haiti-shooting-senator-gun-parliament-photojournalist](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/haiti-shooting-senator-gun-parliament-photojournalist)

Think this guy will get away with it?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitian-politician-unintentionally-shoots-journalist/840711/2 "2019-09-23T21:07:25Z")

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As long as he did not also shoot the deputy, he swears it was in self-defense, and that he did not know it was a capital offense.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haitian-politician-unintentionally-shoots-journalist/840711/3 "2019-09-23T21:36:43Z")

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Well, it’s not like anyone has an actual picture of the guy brandishing a handgun, while onlookers run away in fear!

\<looks at article\>

Never mind.