Recently I have been looking into police corruption cases in the DR. Two cases in particular stood out to me.
Estudiante de la UASD narra forma seria ejecutado por la PN
Brutalidad policial en santiago Rep dominicana
The first one has to do with the attempted murder of a UASD student by la Policia Nacional (and happened mere minutes away from what many believe to be an upscale neighborhood) while the second video covers the story of the PN murdering a man in broad daylight and in front of his family, because he refused to/couldn't pay them off. Both of these incidents happened in broad daylight and in front of many witnesses yet it didn't seem to mean much to these Police. I have noticed a widespread dislike for the Police in the DR. Many Dominicans call them the biggest thugs on the street. It seems like the DR is a honeypot of crime and you are not any more safe with the Police around when the criminals are out to do their robbing/killing/raping.
The situation in the DR seems (in ways) reminiscent of what Honduras has been struggling with since before the coup in 2009. Widespread corruption and the utter inability to deal with the booming drug trafficking that has been affecting the country for many years now. I think the Honduras of today (highest murder rate in the world, martial law in effect, no sign of things getting better, etc) offers a grim glimpse of what could be in store for the future of the DR if things keep going the way they have been.
It also seems to me like 90% of the population lives in different kinds of poverty while only the corrupt and the very few Dominicans who have been able to find success in the country make up the rest of the pop.
Where do the members of this forum see the country heading in the next 10 years? with the coming election it seems pretty likely that the two choices available to Dominicans will be either keeping the corrupt status quo or going back to the man who brought the country to its knees and then set it off on a downward spiral almost decade ago.
From the outside looking in, it looks pretty bad in the DR with no signs of much (if any) positive change.
Estudiante de la UASD narra forma seria ejecutado por la PN
Brutalidad policial en santiago Rep dominicana
The first one has to do with the attempted murder of a UASD student by la Policia Nacional (and happened mere minutes away from what many believe to be an upscale neighborhood) while the second video covers the story of the PN murdering a man in broad daylight and in front of his family, because he refused to/couldn't pay them off. Both of these incidents happened in broad daylight and in front of many witnesses yet it didn't seem to mean much to these Police. I have noticed a widespread dislike for the Police in the DR. Many Dominicans call them the biggest thugs on the street. It seems like the DR is a honeypot of crime and you are not any more safe with the Police around when the criminals are out to do their robbing/killing/raping.
The situation in the DR seems (in ways) reminiscent of what Honduras has been struggling with since before the coup in 2009. Widespread corruption and the utter inability to deal with the booming drug trafficking that has been affecting the country for many years now. I think the Honduras of today (highest murder rate in the world, martial law in effect, no sign of things getting better, etc) offers a grim glimpse of what could be in store for the future of the DR if things keep going the way they have been.
It also seems to me like 90% of the population lives in different kinds of poverty while only the corrupt and the very few Dominicans who have been able to find success in the country make up the rest of the pop.
Where do the members of this forum see the country heading in the next 10 years? with the coming election it seems pretty likely that the two choices available to Dominicans will be either keeping the corrupt status quo or going back to the man who brought the country to its knees and then set it off on a downward spiral almost decade ago.
From the outside looking in, it looks pretty bad in the DR with no signs of much (if any) positive change.