A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to the region’s growing Haitian community.
When they added a Haitian food truck, people drove from an hour away for freshly cooked oxtail, fried plantains and marinated pork.
But Clemene Bastien and Theslet Benoir are now suing the town of Parksley, alleging that it forced their food truck to close. The couple also say a town council member cut the mobile kitchen’s water line and screamed, “Go back to your own country!”
“When we first opened, there were a lot of people” ordering food, Bastien said, speaking through an interpreter. “And the day after, there were a lot of people. And then … they started harassing us.”
Perhaps they weren’t registered properly with the country or city. If they were, no one would bother them. I think perhaps we are not getting the entire story…
You sound like the type that would say “if you’re innocent, then you got nothing to hide” when talking to the police
I’d love to hear the police’s reaction to being told that, to be honest lol.
Nobody would bother them??? You mean besides the racist fucks right? Or maybe you’re one too…