ALL ASPECTS OF HAITIAN SOCIETY WERE REPRESENTED IN THE CROWD WHILE THEY DEMONSTRATED PEACEFULLY AGAINST THE PREVAL/CELESTIN ATTEMPTED THEFT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF HAITI. PREVAL’S TEAM WAITED  UNTIL THE MARCH ARRIVED IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL PALACE – DAMAGED IN THE JANUARY 12 EARTHQUAKE.

AT THIS POINT HIS CIMO POLICE UNIT FIRED MULTIPLE CS GAS GRENADES  AT THE MARCH LEADERSHIP IN AN EFFORT TO DISRUPT THINGS. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE GAS AND SOUGHT MEDICAL TRATEMENT.